diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/chart_of_accounts/chart_of_accounts.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/chart_of_accounts/chart_of_accounts.py
index 9b6842d896..927adc7086 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/chart_of_accounts/chart_of_accounts.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/chart_of_accounts/chart_of_accounts.py
@@ -188,6 +188,24 @@ def build_account_tree(tree, parent, all_accounts):
 		# call recursively to build a subtree for current account
 		build_account_tree(tree[child.account_name], child, all_accounts)
 
+@frappe.whitelist()
+def validate_bank_account(coa, bank_account):
+	accounts = []
+	chart = get_chart(coa)
+
+	if chart:
+		def _get_account_names(account_master):
+			for account_name, child in iteritems(account_master):
+				if account_name not in ["account_number", "account_type",
+					"root_type", "is_group", "tax_rate"]:
+					accounts.append(account_name)
+
+					_get_account_names(child)
+
+		_get_account_names(chart)
+
+	return (bank_account in accounts)
+
 @frappe.whitelist()
 def build_tree_from_json(chart_template, chart_data=None):
 	''' get chart template from its folder and parse the json to be rendered as tree '''