diff --git a/apps/assets/views/asset.py b/apps/assets/views/asset.py
index 306a26a0a..273323193 100644
--- a/apps/assets/views/asset.py
+++ b/apps/assets/views/asset.py
@@ -304,7 +304,10 @@ class BulkImportAssetView(AdminUserRequiredMixin, JSONResponseMixin, FormView):
                 if v != '':
                     asset_dict[k] = v
 
-            asset = get_object_or_none(Asset, id=asset_dict.pop('id', 0))
+            asset = None
+            asset_id = asset_dict.pop('id', None)
+            if asset_id:
+                asset = get_object_or_none(Asset, id=asset_id)
             if not asset:
                 try:
                     if len(Asset.objects.filter(hostname=asset_dict.get('hostname'))):