diff --git a/addons/account/account_move_line.py b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
index 14912715b9c..de9c9b7c630 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_move_line.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_move_line.py
@@ -1096,14 +1096,20 @@ class account_move_line(osv.osv):
             if res:
                 res = _('Entries: ')+ (res[0] or '')
             return res
-        if (not context.get('journal_id', False)) or (not context.get('period_id', False)):
+        if (not (context.get('journal_id', False) or context.get('journal_name', False))) or (not context.get('period_id', False)):
             return False
         if context.get('search_default_journal_id', False):
             context['journal_id'] = context.get('search_default_journal_id')
-        cr.execute('SELECT code FROM account_journal WHERE id = %s', (context['journal_id'], ))
-        j = cr.fetchone()[0] or ''
+        if context.get('journal_name', False):
+            cr.execute('SELECT code FROM account_journal WHERE name ilike %s', (context['journal_name'], ))
+        else:
+            cr.execute('SELECT code FROM account_journal WHERE id = %s', (context['journal_id'], ))
+
+        j = cr.fetchone()
+        j = (j and j[0]) or ''
         cr.execute('SELECT code FROM account_period WHERE id = %s', (context['period_id'], ))
-        p = cr.fetchone()[0] or ''
+        p = cr.fetchone()
+        p = (p and p[0]) or ''
         if j or p:
             return j + (p and (':' + p) or '')
         return False
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index 3886f61d214..576b3347b66 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@
                     <field name="move_id" string="Number (Move)"/>
                     <field name="account_id"/>
                     <field name="partner_id"/>
-                    <field name="journal_id" context="{'journal_id':self}" widget="selection"/> <!-- it's important to keep widget='selection' in this filter viewbecause without that the value passed in the context is not the ID but the textual value (name) of the selected journal -->
+                    <field name="journal_id" context="{'journal_name':self}" widget="selection"/> <!-- it's important to keep widget='selection' in this filter viewbecause without that the value passed in the context is not the ID but the textual value (name) of the selected journal -->
                     <field name="period_id" context="{'period_id':self}" widget="selection"/> <!-- it's important to keep the widget='selection' in this field, for the same reason as explained above -->
                     <group expand="0" string="Group By">
                         <filter string="Partner" icon="terp-partner" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'partner_id'}"/>