diff --git a/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php b/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php
index 8e5622cde77f539cd9282c8b21b9773a210c9697..351b813959b9f4f37eda9b6228ebcf50b313960d 100644
--- a/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/societe/class/societe.class.php
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ class Societe extends CommonObject
         }
 
          //Verify duplicate entries
-        $sql  = "SELECT COUNT(*) as idprof FROM ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."societe WHERE ".$field." = '".$value."'";
+        $sql  = "SELECT COUNT(*) as idprof FROM ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."societe WHERE ".$field." = '".$value."' AND entity IN (".getEntity('societe',1).")";
         if($socid) $sql .= " AND rowid <> ".$socid;
         $resql = $this->db->query($sql);
         if ($resql)