diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py
index 2931bb5835..e377ba2a0d 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_jpeg.py
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ class ExtractJpegEXR(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         if 'crypto' in instance.data['subset']:
             return
 
+        # ffmpeg doesn't support multipart exrs
+        if instance.data.get("multipartExr") is True:
+            return
+
         # get representation and loop them
         representations = instance.data["representations"]
 
@@ -36,10 +40,6 @@ class ExtractJpegEXR(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             if not isinstance(repre['files'], list):
                 continue
 
-            if instance.data.get("multipartExr") is True:
-                # ffmpeg doesn't support multipart exrs
-                continue
-
             stagingdir = os.path.normpath(repre.get("stagingDir"))
             input_file = repre['files'][0]