diff --git a/core/payment/src/api/debit_notes.rs b/core/payment/src/api/debit_notes.rs
index e37b207732..e1efeb752b 100644
--- a/core/payment/src/api/debit_notes.rs
+++ b/core/payment/src/api/debit_notes.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,51 @@ async fn accept_debit_note(
         Ok(None) => return response::server_error(&format!("Activity {} not found", activity_id)),
         Err(e) => return response::server_error(&e),
     };
+    //check if invoice exists and accepted for this activity
+    match db
+        .as_dao::<InvoiceDao>()
+        .get_by_agreement(activity.agreement_id.clone(), node_id)
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(Some(invoice)) => match invoice.status {
+            DocumentStatus::Issued => {
+                log::error!(
+                    "Wrong status [{}] for invoice [{}] for Activity [{}] and agreement [{}]",
+                    invoice.status,
+                    invoice.invoice_id,
+                    activity_id,
+                    activity.agreement_id
+                );
+                return response::server_error(&"Wrong status for invoice");
+            }
+            DocumentStatus::Received => {
+                log::warn!("Received debit note [{}] for freshly received invoice [{}] for Activity [{}] and agreement [{}]",
+                        debit_note_id,
+                        invoice.invoice_id,
+                        activity_id,
+                        activity.agreement_id
+                    );
+            }
+            DocumentStatus::Accepted
+            | DocumentStatus::Rejected
+            | DocumentStatus::Failed
+            | DocumentStatus::Settled
+            | DocumentStatus::Cancelled => {
+                log::info!("Received debit note [{}] for already existing invoice [{}] with status {} for Activity [{}] and agreement [{}]",
+                        debit_note_id,
+                        invoice.invoice_id,
+                        invoice.status,
+                        activity_id,
+                        activity.agreement_id
+                    );
+                return response::ok(Null);
+            }
+        },
+        Ok(None) => {
+            //no problem, ignore
+        }
+        Err(e) => return response::server_error(&e),
+    };
     let amount_to_pay = &debit_note.total_amount_due - &activity.total_amount_scheduled.0;
 
     log::trace!(
diff --git a/core/payment/src/dao/invoice.rs b/core/payment/src/dao/invoice.rs
index e4463519d8..69cc299878 100644
--- a/core/payment/src/dao/invoice.rs
+++ b/core/payment/src/dao/invoice.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,36 @@ impl<'c> InvoiceDao<'c> {
         .await
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Get invoice by agreement id
+     * Only one invoice per agreement is allowed (it is enforced by the unique constraint on pay_invoice_x_activity)
+     */
+    pub async fn get_by_agreement(
+        &self,
+        agreement_id: String,
+        owner_id: NodeId,
+    ) -> DbResult<Option<Invoice>> {
+        readonly_transaction(self.pool, move |conn| {
+            let invoice: Option<ReadObj> = query!()
+                .filter(dsl::agreement_id.eq(&agreement_id))
+                .filter(dsl::owner_id.eq(owner_id))
+                .first(conn)
+                .optional()?;
+            match invoice {
+                Some(invoice) => {
+                    let activity_ids = activity_dsl::pay_invoice_x_activity
+                        .select(activity_dsl::activity_id)
+                        .filter(activity_dsl::invoice_id.eq(invoice.id.clone()))
+                        .filter(activity_dsl::owner_id.eq(owner_id))
+                        .load(conn)?;
+                    Ok(Some(invoice.into_api_model(activity_ids)?))
+                }
+                None => Ok(None),
+            }
+        })
+        .await
+    }
+
     pub async fn get_many(
         &self,
         invoice_ids: Vec<String>,