diff --git a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_current_file.py b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_current_file.py
index 8e339e0e04..1cadccf020 100644
--- a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_current_file.py
+++ b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_current_file.py
@@ -15,23 +15,15 @@ def process(self, context):
         """Inject the current working file"""
 
         current_file = hou.hipFile.path()
-        if not os.path.exists(current_file):
+        if (
+                hou.hipFile.isNewFile()
+                or not os.path.exists(current_file)
+        ):
             # By default, Houdini will even point a new scene to a path.
             # However if the file is not saved at all and does not exist,
             # we assume the user never set it.
+            self.log.warning("Houdini workfile is unsaved.")
             current_file = ""
 
-        elif os.path.basename(current_file) == "untitled.hip":
-            # Due to even a new file being called 'untitled.hip' we are unable
-            # to confirm the current scene was ever saved because the file
-            # could have existed already. We will allow it if the file exists,
-            # but show a warning for this edge case to clarify the potential
-            # false positive.
-            self.log.warning(
-                "Current file is 'untitled.hip' and we are "
-                "unable to detect whether the current scene is "
-                "saved correctly."
-            )
-
         context.data["currentFile"] = current_file
         self.log.info('Current workfile path: {}'.format(current_file))