diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
index 2336487b37..34f4b4e8cf 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class ExtractThumbnail(publish.Extractor):
             temporary_nodes.append(rnode)
             previous_node = rnode
 
-        if not self.reposition_nodes:
+        if self.reposition_nodes is None:
             # [deprecated] create reformat node old way
             reformat_node = nuke.createNode("Reformat")
             ref_node = self.nodes.get("Reformat", None)