diff --git a/scene/gui/graph_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/graph_edit.cpp
index a7c15e70276..f779aca6727 100644
--- a/scene/gui/graph_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/graph_edit.cpp
@@ -775,6 +775,11 @@ void GraphEdit::_gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_ev) {
 	}
 
 	if (mm.is_valid() && dragging) {
+		if (!moving_selection) {
+			emit_signal("_begin_node_move");
+			moving_selection = true;
+		}
+
 		just_selected = true;
 		drag_accum += mm->get_relative();
 		for (int i = get_child_count() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -881,16 +886,17 @@ void GraphEdit::_gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_ev) {
 			}
 
 			if (drag_accum != Vector2()) {
-				emit_signal("_begin_node_move");
-
 				for (int i = get_child_count() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 					GraphNode *gn = Object::cast_to<GraphNode>(get_child(i));
 					if (gn && gn->is_selected()) {
 						gn->set_drag(false);
 					}
 				}
+			}
 
+			if (moving_selection) {
 				emit_signal("_end_node_move");
+				moving_selection = false;
 			}
 
 			dragging = false;
diff --git a/scene/gui/graph_edit.h b/scene/gui/graph_edit.h
index 37cb5989e9a..d87bd41f278 100644
--- a/scene/gui/graph_edit.h
+++ b/scene/gui/graph_edit.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ private:
 
 	bool dragging;
 	bool just_selected;
+	bool moving_selection;
 	Vector2 drag_accum;
 
 	float zoom;