diff --git a/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrExtGenerator.cpp b/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrExtGenerator.cpp
index 3b5e3bb0b..deecccc21 100644
--- a/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrExtGenerator.cpp
+++ b/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrExtGenerator.cpp
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ bool ProjMgrExtGenerator::GetCgen(const string& contextId, ClayerItem& cgen) {
       }
     }
   }
-  return false;
+  return true;
 }
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diff --git a/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp b/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp
index a3874b796..69516be62 100644
--- a/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp
+++ b/tools/projmgr/src/ProjMgrWorker.cpp
@@ -4098,7 +4098,10 @@ bool ProjMgrWorker::ExecuteExtGenerator(std::string& generatorId) {
 
 bool ProjMgrWorker::ProcessGeneratedLayers(ContextItem& context) {
   ClayerItem cgen;
-  if (m_extGenerator->GetCgen(context.name, cgen)) {
+  if (!m_extGenerator->GetCgen(context.name, cgen)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!cgen.path.empty()) {
     context.clayers[cgen.path] = &cgen;
     if (cgen.packs.size() > 0) {
       vector<PackItem> packRequirements;