diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/builditemtemplate/AdditionalTemplatePathTest.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/builditemtemplate/AdditionalTemplatePathTest.java
index 24e4306532a16..989a5fc5ed5ad 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/builditemtemplate/AdditionalTemplatePathTest.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/builditemtemplate/AdditionalTemplatePathTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ public void testTemplate() {
         assertEquals("Hello M!", engine.getTemplate("foo/hello.txt").data("name", "M").render());
         assertEquals("Hello M!", engine.getTemplate("foo/hello").data("name", "M").render());
         assertEquals("And... Hello M!", engine.getTemplate("include").data("name", "M").render());
+
+        // Test that reload works for additional content-based paths
+        engine.clearTemplates();
+        assertEquals("Hello M!", engine.getTemplate("foo/hello").data("name", "M").render());
+        assertEquals("Hello M!", engine.getTemplate("foo/hello.txt").data("name", "M").render());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/EngineProducer.java b/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/EngineProducer.java
index bc3d9c95225df..f6bbc3957396d 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/EngineProducer.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/runtime/EngineProducer.java
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ private Optional<TemplateLocation> locate(String path) {
         // Then try the template contents
         LOGGER.debugf("Locate template contents for %s", path);
         String content = templateContents.get(path);
-        if (path == null) {
+        if (content == null) {
             // Try path with suffixes
             for (String suffix : suffixes) {
                 String pathWithSuffix = path + "." + suffix;