diff --git a/openpype/hosts/flame/plugins/publish/collect_timeline_otio.py b/openpype/hosts/flame/plugins/publish/collect_timeline_otio.py
index f8cfa9e963..20ac048986 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/flame/plugins/publish/collect_timeline_otio.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/flame/plugins/publish/collect_timeline_otio.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pyblish.api
 
+from openpype.client import get_asset_name_identifier
 import openpype.hosts.flame.api as opfapi
 from openpype.hosts.flame.otio import flame_export
 from openpype.pipeline.create import get_subset_name
@@ -33,13 +34,15 @@ class CollecTimelineOTIO(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
             project_settings=context.data["project_settings"]
         )
 
+        asset_name = get_asset_name_identifier(asset_doc)
+
         # adding otio timeline to context
         with opfapi.maintained_segment_selection(sequence) as selected_seg:
             otio_timeline = flame_export.create_otio_timeline(sequence)
 
             instance_data = {
                 "name": subset_name,
-                "asset": asset_doc["name"],
+                "asset": asset_name,
                 "subset": subset_name,
                 "family": "workfile",
                 "families": []