diff --git a/scene/main/node.cpp b/scene/main/node.cpp
index c6e5a4603e..ae8e2a493d 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/node.cpp
@@ -2777,12 +2777,12 @@ Node *Node::duplicate(int p_flags) const {
 	ERR_THREAD_GUARD_V(nullptr);
 	Node *dupe = _duplicate(p_flags);
 
+	_duplicate_properties(this, this, dupe, p_flags);
+
 	if (dupe && (p_flags & DUPLICATE_SIGNALS)) {
 		_duplicate_signals(this, dupe);
 	}
 
-	_duplicate_properties(this, this, dupe, p_flags);
-
 	return dupe;
 }
 
@@ -2795,6 +2795,8 @@ Node *Node::duplicate_from_editor(HashMap<const Node *, Node *> &r_duplimap, con
 	int flags = DUPLICATE_SIGNALS | DUPLICATE_GROUPS | DUPLICATE_SCRIPTS | DUPLICATE_USE_INSTANTIATION | DUPLICATE_FROM_EDITOR;
 	Node *dupe = _duplicate(flags, &r_duplimap);
 
+	_duplicate_properties(this, this, dupe, flags);
+
 	// This is used by SceneTreeDock's paste functionality. When pasting to foreign scene, resources are duplicated.
 	if (!p_resource_remap.is_empty()) {
 		remap_node_resources(dupe, p_resource_remap);
@@ -2805,8 +2807,6 @@ Node *Node::duplicate_from_editor(HashMap<const Node *, Node *> &r_duplimap, con
 	// if the emitter node comes later in tree order than the receiver
 	_duplicate_signals(this, dupe);
 
-	_duplicate_properties(this, this, dupe, flags);
-
 	return dupe;
 }