diff --git a/pype/ftrack/lib/avalon_sync.py b/pype/ftrack/lib/avalon_sync.py
index fea07ec7dc..cb33c76a30 100644
--- a/pype/ftrack/lib/avalon_sync.py
+++ b/pype/ftrack/lib/avalon_sync.py
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ def import_to_avalon(
         return output
 
     mongo_id = entity['custom_attributes'][ca_mongoid]
+    mongo_id = mongo_id.replace(' ', '').replace('\n', '')
+    try:
+        ObjectId(mongo_id)
+    except Exception:
+        mongo_id = ''
 
     if mongo_id is not '':
         avalon_asset = database[project_name].find_one(