diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_skeletalmesh_hierarchy.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_skeletalmesh_hierarchy.py
index 8221c18b17..398b6fb7bf 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_skeletalmesh_hierarchy.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_skeletalmesh_hierarchy.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ class ValidateSkeletalMeshHierarchy(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             parent.split("|")[1] for parent in (joints_parents + geo_parents)
         }
 
-        if len(set(parents_set)) != 1:
+        self.log.info(parents_set)
+
+        if len(set(parents_set)) > 2:
             raise PublishXmlValidationError(
                 self,
                 "Multiple roots on geometry or joints."