diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/budget/budget.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/budget/budget.py
index f99d0bb5f9..d025583b51 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/budget/budget.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/budget/budget.py
@@ -27,13 +27,21 @@ class Budget(Document):
 	def validate_duplicate(self):
 		budget_against_field = frappe.scrub(self.budget_against)
 		budget_against = self.get(budget_against_field)
-		existing_budget = frappe.db.get_value("Budget", {budget_against_field: budget_against,
-			"fiscal_year": self.fiscal_year, "company": self.company,
-			"name": ["!=", self.name], "docstatus": ["!=", 2]})
-		if existing_budget: 
-			frappe.throw(_("Another Budget record '{0}' already exists against {1} '{2}' for fiscal year {3}")
-				.format(existing_budget, self.budget_against, budget_against, self.fiscal_year), DuplicateBudgetError)
-	
+
+		accounts = [d.account for d in self.accounts] or []
+		existing_budget = frappe.db.sql("""
+			select
+				b.name, ba.account from `tabBudget` b, `tabBudget Account` ba
+			where
+				ba.parent = b.name and b.company = %s and %s=%s and
+				b.fiscal_year=%s and b.name != %sand ba.account in (%s) """
+				% ('%s', budget_against_field, '%s', '%s', '%s', ','.join(['%s'] * len(accounts))),
+			(self.company, budget_against, self.fiscal_year, self.name) + tuple(accounts), as_dict=1)
+
+		for d in existing_budget:
+			frappe.throw(_("Another Budget record '{0}' already exists against {1} '{2}' and account '{3}' for fiscal year {4}")
+				.format(d.name, self.budget_against, budget_against, d.account, self.fiscal_year), DuplicateBudgetError)
+
 	def validate_accounts(self):
 		account_list = []
 		for d in self.get('accounts'):