diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php
index 7f9f10d9e0..fb3c59eb4b 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
                 errorClass: 'help-block form-error',
                 errorElement: 'span',
                 errorPlacement: function(error, element) {
-                    $(element).hasClass('select2')
+                    $(element).hasClass('select2') || $(element).hasClass('js-data-ajax')
                         // If the element is a select2 then place the error above the input
                         ? element.parents('.required').append(error)
                         // Otherwise place it after
diff --git a/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/model-select.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/model-select.blade.php
index 55289edc80..78073c9a66 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/model-select.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/model-select.blade.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     {{ Form::label($fieldname, $translated_name, array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
 
     <div class="col-md-7{{  ((isset($field_req)) || ((isset($required) && ($required =='true')))) ?  ' required' : '' }}">
-        <select class="select2 js-data-ajax" data-endpoint="models" data-placeholder="{{ trans('general.select_model') }}" name="{{ $fieldname }}" style="width: 100%" id="model_select_id" aria-label="{{ $fieldname }}"{!!  (isset($field_req) ? ' required ' : '') !!}{{ (isset($multiple) && ($multiple=='true')) ? " multiple='multiple'" : '' }}>
+        <select class="js-data-ajax" data-endpoint="models" data-placeholder="{{ trans('general.select_model') }}" name="{{ $fieldname }}" style="width: 100%" id="model_select_id" aria-label="{{ $fieldname }}"{!!  (isset($field_req) ? ' required ' : '') !!}{{ (isset($multiple) && ($multiple=='true')) ? " multiple='multiple'" : '' }}>
             @if ($model_id = old($fieldname, ($item->{$fieldname} ?? request($fieldname) ?? '')))
                 <option value="{{ $model_id }}" selected="selected">
                     {{ (\App\Models\AssetModel::find($model_id)) ? \App\Models\AssetModel::find($model_id)->name : '' }}