diff --git a/account_banking/banking_import_transaction.py b/account_banking/banking_import_transaction.py
index bd1a371c4..0714f3f39 100644
--- a/account_banking/banking_import_transaction.py
+++ b/account_banking/banking_import_transaction.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class banking_import_transaction(osv.osv):
             'writeoff_amount': writeoff,
             'payment_option': transaction.payment_option,
             'writeoff_acc_id': transaction.writeoff_account_id.id,
-            'analytic_id': transaction.writeoff_analytic_id.id,
+            'analytic_id': transaction.writeoff_analytic_id.id or False,
             'date': st_line.date,
             'date_due': st_line.date,
             'period_id': period_id,
diff --git a/account_banking/wizard/banking_transaction_wizard.xml b/account_banking/wizard/banking_transaction_wizard.xml
index f41070c16..8d2ae695f 100644
--- a/account_banking/wizard/banking_transaction_wizard.xml
+++ b/account_banking/wizard/banking_transaction_wizard.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@
                                     <label string="Choose what you want to do with the eventual difference between the paid amount and the sum of allocated amounts. You can either choose to keep open this difference on the partner's account, or reconcile it with the payment."  colspan="2"/>
                                     <field name="payment_option" />
                                     <field name="writeoff_account_id" attrs="{'required':[('payment_option','=','with_writeoff')],'invisible':[('payment_option','=','without_writeoff')]}" />
-                                    <field name="writeoff_analytic_id" attrs="{'required':[('payment_option','=','with_writeoff')],'invisible':[('payment_option','=','without_writeoff')]}" />
+                                    <field name="writeoff_analytic_id"
+                                           groups="analytic.group_analytic_accounting"
+                                           attrs="{'invisible':[('payment_option','=','without_writeoff')]}" />
                                     <button colspan="1"
                                             name="trigger_write"
                                             type="object"