diff --git a/resources/views/hardware/edit.blade.php b/resources/views/hardware/edit.blade.php
index 9b6be65d92..1597a83ccf 100755
--- a/resources/views/hardware/edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/hardware/edit.blade.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     </div>
 
 
-    @include ('partials.forms.edit.model-select', ['translated_name' => trans('admin/hardware/form.model'), 'fieldname' => 'model_id', 'required' => 'true'])
+    @include ('partials.forms.edit.model-select', ['translated_name' => trans('admin/hardware/form.model'), 'fieldname' => 'model_id', 'field_req' => true])
 
 
   <div id='custom_fields_content'>
diff --git a/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/model-select.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/model-select.blade.php
index 8ce1c5b071..261b6cb8ab 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($required) && ($required =='true'))) ?  ' required' : '' }}">
-        <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 }}" data-validation="required" required>
+        <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) ? 'data-validation="required" required' : '') }}>
             @if ($model_id = old($fieldname, (isset($item)) ? $item->{$fieldname} : ''))
                 <option value="{{ $model_id }}" selected="selected">
                     {{ (\App\Models\AssetModel::find($model_id)) ? \App\Models\AssetModel::find($model_id)->name : '' }}