diff --git a/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/category-select.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/category-select.blade.php
index ba84dc7e7..a5fd9471f 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/category-select.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/category-select.blade.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     {{ Form::label($fieldname, $translated_name, array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
 
-    <div class="col-md-7{{  (Helper::checkIfRequired($item, $fieldname)) ? ' required' : '' }}">
+    <div class="col-md-7{{  (isset($item) && (Helper::checkIfRequired($item, $fieldname))) ? ' required' : '' }}">
         <select class="js-data-ajax" data-endpoint="categories/{{ (isset($category_type)) ? $category_type : 'assets' }}" data-placeholder="{{ trans('general.select_category') }}" name="{{ $fieldname }}" style="width: 100%" id="category_select_id" aria-label="{{ $fieldname }}" {!!  ((isset($item)) && (Helper::checkIfRequired($item, $fieldname))) ? ' data-validation="required" required' : '' !!}>
             @if ($category_id = old($fieldname, (isset($item)) ? $item->{$fieldname} : ''))
                 <option value="{{ $category_id }}" selected="selected" role="option" aria-selected="true"  role="option">
diff --git a/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/supplier-select.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/supplier-select.blade.php
index 2bee81add..89836e9a5 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/supplier-select.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/forms/edit/supplier-select.blade.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     {{ Form::label($fieldname, $translated_name, array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
 
-    <div class="col-md-7{{  (Helper::checkIfRequired($item, $fieldname)) ? ' required' : '' }}">
+    <div class="col-md-7{{ (isset($item) && (Helper::checkIfRequired($item, $fieldname))) ? ' required' : '' }}">
         <select class="js-data-ajax" data-endpoint="suppliers" data-placeholder="{{ trans('general.select_supplier') }}" name="{{ $fieldname }}" style="width: 100%" id="supplier_select" aria-label="{{ $fieldname }}">
             @if ($supplier_id = old($fieldname, (isset($item)) ? $item->{$fieldname} : ''))
                 <option value="{{ $supplier_id }}" selected="selected" role="option" aria-selected="true" role="option">