diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_instance_in_context.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_instance_in_context.py
index 872a687597..5d544513c0 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_instance_in_context.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_instance_in_context.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ValidateInstanceInContext(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_context_asset(instance):
-        return instance.context.data["asset"]
+        return instance.context.data["folderPath"]
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_context_task(instance):