diff --git a/addons/account/account_move_line.py b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
index 1282d199b80..89f86d902f2 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_move_line.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ class account_move_line(osv.osv):
         'state': 'draft',
         'currency_id': _get_currency,
         'journal_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: c.get('journal_id', False),
+        'account_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: c.get('account_id', False),
         'period_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: c.get('period_id', False),
         'company_id': lambda self, cr, uid, c: self.pool.get('res.company')._company_default_get(cr, uid, 'account.move.line', context=c)
     }
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index 41da96bdd98..6fe2081c696 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -1236,6 +1236,7 @@
             <field name="view_id" ref="view_move_line_tree"/>
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="view_account_move_line_filter"/>
             <field name="domain">[('account_id', 'child_of', active_id)]</field>
+            <field name="context">{'account_id':active_id}</field>
         </record>
 
         <record id="ir_account_move_line_select" model="ir.values">