diff --git a/app/Importer/AssetModelImporter.php b/app/Importer/AssetModelImporter.php
index b3cc8671d..7cfd8a530 100644
--- a/app/Importer/AssetModelImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/AssetModelImporter.php
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ class AssetModelImporter extends ItemImporter
         $this->item['notes'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'notes'));
         $this->item['fieldset'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'fieldset'));
         $this->item['depreciation'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'depreciation'));
-        $this->item['created_by'] = auth()->id();
         $this->item['requestable'] = trim(($this->fetchHumanBoolean($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'requestable'))) == 1) ? 1 : 0;
 
         if (!empty($this->item['category'])) {
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ class AssetModelImporter extends ItemImporter
         } else {
             Log::debug('Creating model');
             $assetModel->fill($this->sanitizeItemForStoring($assetModel));
+            $assetModel->created_by = auth()->id();
         }
 
         if ($assetModel->save()) {