diff --git a/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/checks.clj b/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/checks.clj
index cd184a45..5a26c902 100644
--- a/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/checks.clj
+++ b/src/clj/auto_ap/graphql/checks.clj
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@
         invoices-grouped-by-vendor (group-by (comp :db/id :invoice/vendor) invoices)
         bank-account (d-bank-accounts/get-by-id bank-account-id)
         _ (validate-belonging client-id invoices bank-account)
-        _ (when (nil? (:bank-account/check-number bank-account))
+        _ (when (and (nil? (:bank-account/check-number bank-account))
+                     (= type :payment-type/check))
             (let [message (str "The bank account " (:bank-account/name bank-account) " does not have a starting check number. Please ask the integreat staff to initialize it.")]
               (throw (ex-info message
                               {:validation-error message}))))