diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/create/context.py b/openpype/pipeline/create/context.py
index dbbde9218f..b10bbc17de 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/create/context.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/create/context.py
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ class CreateContext:
     def create(
         self,
         creator_identifier,
-        variant=None,
+        variant,
         asset_doc=None,
         task_name=None,
         pre_create_data=None