diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py
index 38cf65f006..eb93245f93 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ValidateCameraContents(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         invalid = []
         cameras = cmds.ls(shapes, type='camera', long=True)
         if len(cameras) != 1:
-            cls.log.warning("Camera instance must have a single camera. "
+            cls.log.error("Camera instance must have a single camera. "
                             "Found {0}: {1}".format(len(cameras), cameras))
             invalid.extend(cameras)
 
@@ -51,16 +51,32 @@ class ValidateCameraContents(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 raise RuntimeError("No cameras found in empty instance.")
 
         if not cls.validate_shapes:
-            return
+            cls.log.info("not validating shapes in the content")
+
+            for member in members:
+                parents = cmds.ls(member, long=True)[0].split("|")[1:-1]
+                cls.log.info(parents)
+                parents_long_named = [
+                    "|".join(parents[:i]) for i in range(1, 1 + len(parents))
+                ]
+                cls.log.info(parents_long_named)
+                if cameras[0] in parents_long_named:
+                    cls.log.error(
+                        "{} is parented under camera {}".format(member, cameras[0]))
+                    invalid.extend(member)
+            return invalid
+
         # non-camera shapes
         valid_shapes = cmds.ls(shapes, type=('camera', 'locator'), long=True)
         shapes = set(shapes) - set(valid_shapes)
         if shapes:
             shapes = list(shapes)
-            cls.log.warning("Camera instance should only contain camera "
+            cls.log.error("Camera instance should only contain camera "
                             "shapes. Found: {0}".format(shapes))
             invalid.extend(shapes)
 
+
+
         invalid = list(set(invalid))
 
         return invalid