diff --git a/apps/assets/serializers/asset/common.py b/apps/assets/serializers/asset/common.py
index 311749d61..0fd14eec9 100644
--- a/apps/assets/serializers/asset/common.py
+++ b/apps/assets/serializers/asset/common.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class AssetSerializer(BulkOrgResourceModelSerializer, WritableNestedModelSeriali
             'name': {'label': _("Name")},
             'address': {'label': _('Address')},
             'nodes_display': {'label': _('Node path')},
+            'nodes': {'allow_empty': True},
         }
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):