diff --git a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
index 69206daea8..030d90eeca 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ void AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor::_update_graph() {
 		graph->add_child(node);
 
 		Ref<AnimationNode> agnode = blend_tree->get_node(E);
+		ERR_CONTINUE(!agnode.is_valid());
 
 		node->set_position_offset(blend_tree->get_node_position(E) * EDSCALE);