diff --git a/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/extract_render_local.py b/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/extract_render_local.py
index f093f7793f..f801f30577 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/extract_render_local.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/fusion/plugins/publish/extract_render_local.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class FusionRenderLocal(
             # Only active instances
             instance.data.get("publish", True) and
             # Only render.local instances
-            "render.local" in instance.data.get("families")
+            "render.local" in instance.data.get("families", [])
         ]
 
         if key not in context.data: