diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail_from_source.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail_from_source.py
index 9be157d7f0..3d34d84bed 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail_from_source.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail_from_source.py
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ class ExtractThumbnailFromSource(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         self,
         context: pyblish.api.Context,
     ):
-        hasContextThumbnail = "thumbnailPath" in context.data
-        if hasContextThumbnail:
+        if "thumbnailPath" in context.data:
             return
 
         thumbnail_source = context.data.get("thumbnailSource")