diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rig_output_ids.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rig_output_ids.py
index 75447fdfea..841d005178 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rig_output_ids.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rig_output_ids.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ValidateRigOutputIds(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         invalid = {}
 
         if compute:
-            out_set = next(x for x in instance if x.endswith("out_SET"))
+            out_set = next(x for x in instance if x.startswith("out_SET"))
 
             instance_nodes = cmds.sets(out_set, query=True, nodesOnly=True)
             instance_nodes = cmds.ls(instance_nodes, long=True)