diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py
index 3416c987935..2f550e787ac 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from maya import cmds
 
-from openpype.pipeline import registered_host
+from openpype.pipeline import registered_host, get_current_asset_name
 from openpype.pipeline.workfile.workfile_template_builder import (
     TemplateAlreadyImported,
     AbstractTemplateBuilder,
@@ -41,10 +41,27 @@ def import_template(self, path):
             ))
 
         cmds.sets(name=PLACEHOLDER_SET, empty=True)
-        cmds.file(path, i=True, returnNewNodes=True)
+        new_nodes = cmds.file(path, i=True, returnNewNodes=True)
 
         cmds.setAttr(PLACEHOLDER_SET + ".hiddenInOutliner", True)
 
+        imported_sets = cmds.ls(new_nodes, set=True)
+        if not imported_sets:
+            return True
+
+        # update imported sets information
+        asset_name = get_current_asset_name()
+        for node in imported_sets:
+            if not cmds.attributeQuery("id", node=node, exists=True):
+                continue
+            if cmds.getAttr("{}.id".format(node)) != "pyblish.avalon.instance":
+                continue
+            if not cmds.attributeQuery("asset", node=node, exists=True):
+                continue
+
+            cmds.setAttr(
+                "{}.asset".format(node), asset_name, type="string")
+
         return True