diff --git a/pype/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_asset.py b/pype/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_asset.py
index 0bd7e67051..d9241bd91f 100644
--- a/pype/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_asset.py
+++ b/pype/standalonepublish/widgets/widget_asset.py
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ class AssetWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         return data
 
     def get_parents(self, entity):
+        ent_parents = entity.get("data", {}).get("parents")
+        if ent_parents is not None and isinstance(ent_parents, list):
+            return ent_parents
+
         output = []
         if entity.get('data', {}).get('visualParent', None) is None:
             return output