diff --git a/scene/resources/animation.cpp b/scene/resources/animation.cpp
index 688ef1a612..ef9a0ff8db 100644
--- a/scene/resources/animation.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/animation.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,9 @@ bool Animation::_get(const StringName &p_name, Variant &r_ret) const {
 	String prop_name = p_name;
 
 	if (p_name == SNAME("_compression")) {
-		ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!compression.enabled, false);
+		if (!compression.enabled) {
+			return false;
+		}
 		Dictionary comp;
 		comp["fps"] = compression.fps;
 		Array bounds;