diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
index 475f93e273..8fecff7e12 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
@@ -576,26 +576,20 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
      * @since [v1.0]
      * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\View
      */
-    public function getClone($assetId = null)
+    public function getClone(Asset $asset)
     {
-        // Check if the asset exists
-        if (is_null($asset_to_clone = Asset::find($assetId))) {
-            // Redirect to the asset management page
-            return redirect()->route('hardware.index')->with('error', trans('admin/hardware/message.does_not_exist'));
-        }
-
-        $this->authorize('create', $asset_to_clone);
-
-        $asset = clone $asset_to_clone;
-        $asset->id = null;
-        $asset->asset_tag = '';
-        $asset->serial = '';
-        $asset->assigned_to = '';
+        $this->authorize('create', $asset);
+        $cloned = clone $asset;
+        $cloned->id = null;
+        $cloned->asset_tag = '';
+        $cloned->serial = '';
+        $cloned->assigned_to = '';
+        $cloned->deleted_at = '';
 
         return view('hardware/edit')
             ->with('statuslabel_list', Helper::statusLabelList())
             ->with('statuslabel_types', Helper::statusTypeList())
-            ->with('item', $asset);
+            ->with('item', $cloned);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php b/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php
index 674233f5a6..6e2b2175fb 100755
--- a/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
         @endif
-            
+
         <div class="col-md-12">
             <div class="nav-tabs-custom">
                 <ul class="nav nav-tabs hidden-print">
@@ -197,16 +197,25 @@
                                     @endif
                                 @endif
 
-
-                                @can('update', $asset)
-                                    @if ($asset->deleted_at=='')
+                                @if ($asset->deleted_at=='')
+                                    @can('update', $asset)
                                         <div class="col-md-12" style="padding-top: 5px;">
                                             <a href="{{ route('hardware.edit', $asset->id) }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary btn-block hidden-print">
                                                 {{ trans('admin/hardware/general.edit') }}
                                             </a>
                                         </div>
-                                    @endif
-                                @endcan
+                                    @endcan
+
+                                    @can('audit', \App\Models\Asset::class)
+                                        <div class="col-md-12" style="padding-top: 5px;">
+                                        <span class="tooltip-wrapper"{!! (!$asset->model ? ' data-tooltip="true" title="'.trans('admin/hardware/general.model_invalid_fix').'"' : '') !!}>
+                                            <a href="{{ route('asset.audit.create', $asset->id)  }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary btn-block hidden-print{{ (!$asset->model ? ' disabled' : '') }}">
+                                             {{ trans('general.audit') }}
+                                        </a>
+                                        </span>
+                                        </div>
+                                    @endcan
+                                @endif
 
                                 @can('create', $asset)
                                     <div class="col-md-12" style="padding-top: 5px;">
@@ -216,16 +225,6 @@
                                     </div>
                                 @endcan
 
-                                @can('audit', \App\Models\Asset::class)
-                                    <div class="col-md-12" style="padding-top: 5px;">
-                                            <span class="tooltip-wrapper"{!! (!$asset->model ? ' data-tooltip="true" title="'.trans('admin/hardware/general.model_invalid_fix').'"' : '') !!}>
-                                                <a href="{{ route('asset.audit.create', $asset->id)  }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary btn-block hidden-print{{ (!$asset->model ? ' disabled' : '') }}">
-                                                 {{ trans('general.audit') }}
-                                            </a>
-                                            </span>
-                                    </div>
-                                @endcan
-
                                 @can('delete', $asset)
                                     <div class="col-md-12" style="padding-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;">
                                         @if ($asset->deleted_at=='')
diff --git a/routes/web/hardware.php b/routes/web/hardware.php
index 7833f0fdaa..ee888aa1db 100644
--- a/routes/web/hardware.php
+++ b/routes/web/hardware.php
@@ -78,17 +78,14 @@ Route::group(
             [AssetsController::class, 'getAssetBySerial']
         )->where('any', '.*')->name('findbyserial/hardware');
 
-        Route::get('{assetId}/clone',
+        Route::get('{asset}/clone',
             [AssetsController::class, 'getClone']
-        )->name('clone/hardware');
+        )->name('clone/hardware')->withTrashed();
 
         Route::get('{assetId}/label',
             [AssetsController::class, 'getLabel']
         )->name('label/hardware');
-
-        Route::post('{assetId}/clone', 
-            [AssetsController::class, 'postCreate']
-        );
+        
 
         Route::get('{assetId}/checkout',
             [AssetCheckoutController::class, 'create']
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Assets/Ui/CloneAssetTest.php b/tests/Feature/Assets/Ui/CloneAssetTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18e1ccc5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/Assets/Ui/CloneAssetTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Feature\Assets\Ui;
+
+use App\Models\Asset;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class CloneAssetTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testPermissionRequiredToCreateAssetModel()
+    {
+        $asset = Asset::factory()->create();
+        $this->actingAs(User::factory()->create())
+            ->get(route('clone/hardware', $asset))
+            ->assertForbidden();
+    }
+
+    public function testPageCanBeAccessed(): void
+    {
+        $asset = Asset::factory()->create();
+        $response = $this->actingAs(User::factory()->createAssets()->create())
+            ->get(route('clone/hardware', $asset));
+        $response->assertStatus(200);
+    }
+
+    public function testAssetCanBeCloned()
+    {
+        $asset_to_clone = Asset::factory()->create(['name'=>'Asset to clone']);
+        $this->actingAs(User::factory()->createAssets()->create())
+            ->get(route('clone/hardware', $asset_to_clone))
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertSee([
+                'Asset to clone'
+            ], false);
+    }
+}