diff --git a/addons/account/account.py b/addons/account/account.py
index 8c7f058acc6..dd9e869ae4a 100644
--- a/addons/account/account.py
+++ b/addons/account/account.py
@@ -1026,6 +1026,9 @@ class account_period(osv.osv):
 
     def action_draft(self, cr, uid, ids, *args):
         mode = 'draft'
+        for period in self.browse(cr, uid, ids):
+            if period.fiscalyear_id.state == 'done':
+                raise osv.except_osv(_('Warning !'), _('You can not re-open a period which belongs to closed fiscal year'))
         cr.execute('update account_journal_period set state=%s where period_id in %s', (mode, tuple(ids),))
         cr.execute('update account_period set state=%s where id in %s', (mode, tuple(ids),))
         return True