diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
index da400d216e..cfa7652501 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
@@ -765,9 +765,13 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
             }
 
             if ($problems_updating_encrypted_custom_fields) {
-                return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', (new AssetsTransformer)->transformAsset($asset), trans('admin/hardware/message.update.encrypted_warning')));
+                return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', $asset, trans('admin/hardware/message.update.encrypted_warning')));
+                // Below is the *correct* return since it uses the transformer, but we have to use the old, flat return for now until we can update Jamf2Snipe and Kanji2Snipe
+                // return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', (new AssetsTransformer)->transformAsset($asset), trans('admin/hardware/message.update.encrypted_warning')));
             } else {
-                return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', (new AssetsTransformer)->transformAsset($asset), trans('admin/hardware/message.update.success')));
+                return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', $asset, trans('admin/hardware/message.update.success')));
+                // Below is the *correct* return since it uses the transformer, but we have to use the old, flat return for now until we can update Jamf2Snipe and Kanji2Snipe
+                /// return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', (new AssetsTransformer)->transformAsset($asset), trans('admin/hardware/message.update.success')));
             }
         }
         return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, $asset->getErrors()), 200);