diff --git a/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp b/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp
index 8c29e85170..ee1a484592 100644
--- a/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp
+++ b/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp
@@ -288,13 +288,12 @@ void OpenXRActionMapEditor::_load_action_map(const String p_path, bool p_create_
 	} else if (p_create_new_if_missing) {
 		action_map.instantiate();
 		action_map->create_default_action_sets();
-		action_map->set_path(p_path);
 
 		// Save it immediately
 		err = ResourceSaver::save(action_map, p_path);
 		if (err != OK) {
 			// Show warning but continue.
-			EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(vformat(TTR("Error saving file %s: %s"), edited_path, error_names[err]));
+			EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(vformat(TTR("Error saving file %s: %s"), p_path, error_names[err]));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -495,5 +494,5 @@ OpenXRActionMapEditor::OpenXRActionMapEditor() {
 
 	// Our Action map editor is only shown if openxr is enabled in project settings
 	// So load our action map and if it doesn't exist, create it right away.
-	_load_action_map(GLOBAL_GET("xr/openxr/default_action_map"), true);
+	_load_action_map(ResourceUID::ensure_path(GLOBAL_GET("xr/openxr/default_action_map")), true);
 }