diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_in_database.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_in_database.py
index 5ca9690fd7..bb6b590f5c 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_in_database.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_node_ids_in_database.py
@@ -37,27 +37,27 @@ class ValidateNodeIdsInDatabase(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
         if invalid:
             raise PublishValidationError(
-                ("Found folder ids which are not related to "
-                 "current project in instance: `{}`").format(instance.name))
+                "Found folder ids which are not related to "
+                "current project in instance: `{}`".format(instance.name))
 
     @classmethod
     def get_invalid(cls, instance):
 
-        invalid = []
+        nodes = instance[:]
+        if not nodes:
+            return
 
         # Get all id required nodes
         id_required_nodes = lib.get_id_required_nodes(referenced_nodes=True,
-                                                      nodes=instance[:])
+                                                      nodes=nodes)
+        if not id_required_nodes:
+            return []
 
         # check ids against database ids
-        project_name = instance.context.data["projectName"]
-        folder_entities = ayon_api.get_folders(project_name, fields={"id"})
-        folder_ids = {
-            folder_entity["id"]
-            for folder_entity in folder_entities
-        }
+        folder_ids = cls.get_project_folder_ids(context=instance.context)
 
         # Get all asset IDs
+        invalid = []
         for node in id_required_nodes:
             cb_id = lib.get_id(node)
 
@@ -71,3 +71,31 @@ class ValidateNodeIdsInDatabase(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 invalid.append(node)
 
         return invalid
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_project_folder_ids(cls, context):
+        """Return all folder ids in the current project.
+
+        Arguments:
+            context (pyblish.api.Context): The publish context.
+
+        Returns:
+            set[str]: All folder ids in the current project.
+
+        """
+        # We query the database only for the first instance instead of
+        # per instance by storing a cache in the context
+        key = "__cache_project_folder_ids"
+        if key in context.data:
+            return context.data[key]
+
+        # check ids against database
+        project_name = context.data["projectName"]
+        folder_entities = ayon_api.get_folders(project_name, fields={"id"})
+        folder_ids = {
+            folder_entity["id"]
+            for folder_entity in folder_entities
+        }
+
+        context.data[key] = folder_ids
+        return folder_ids