diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layered.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layered.py
index 7160e3d282..56c335f50e 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layered.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd_layered.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class ExtractUSDLayered(publish.Extractor):
         # to detect whether we should make this into a new publish
         # version. If not, skip it.
         asset = get_asset_by_name(
-            project_name, dependency.data["asset"], fields=["_id"]
+            project_name, dependency.data["folderPath"], fields=["_id"]
         )
         subset = get_subset_by_name(
             project_name,