diff --git a/assignment-client/src/entities/AssignmentParentFinder.cpp b/assignment-client/src/entities/AssignmentParentFinder.cpp
index d8bc51a0f0..cc5c7557dc 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/entities/AssignmentParentFinder.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/entities/AssignmentParentFinder.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ SpatiallyNestableWeakPointer AssignmentParentFinder::find(QUuid parentID, bool&
     parent = _tree->findEntityByEntityItemID(parentID);
     if (parent.expired()) {
         success = false;
+    } else {
+        success = true;
     }
-    success = true;
     return parent;
 }