diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py
index 43803743bcb..ac99d67d7f3 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_alembic.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ def process(self, instance):
                     transform = cmds.listRelatives(
                         member, parent=True, fullPath=True)
                     transform = transform[0] if transform else member
-                    job_str += ' -root {0}'.format(transform)
+                    if transform not in camera_root:
+                        job_str += ' -root {0}'.format(transform)
 
             job_str += ' -file "{0}"'.format(path)
 
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
index f67e9db14fd..a4cd7356ecf 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def process(self, instance):
         # get cameras
         members = set(cmds.ls(instance.data['setMembers'], leaf=True,
                       shapes=True, long=True, dag=True))
-        cameras = set(cmds.ls(members, leaf=True, shapes=True, long=True,
+        cameras = set(cmds.ls(members, shapes=True, long=True,
                       dag=True, type="camera"))
 
         # validate required settings