diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_model_name.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_model_name.py
index 903a31d54a..eb86e2e5bd 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_model_name.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_model_name.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class ValidateModelName(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
         invalid = False
         compare = {
             "project": instance.context.data["projectName"],
-            "asset": instance.context.data["folderPath"],
+            "asset": instance.data["folderPath"],
             "subset": instance.data["productName"]
         }
         for key, required_value in compare.items():