diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py
index fb9b269258..c8d2086865 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_otio_review.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class ExtractOTIOReview(
 
         if otio_review_clips is None:
             self.log.info(f"Instance `{instance}` has no otioReviewClips")
+            return
 
         # add plugin wide attributes
         self.representation_files = []