diff --git a/editor/plugins/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp
index 5183a738ae0..de16400ec9d 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/animation_player_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -1922,10 +1922,12 @@ void AnimationPlayerEditorPlugin::_notification(int p_what) {
 }
 
 void AnimationPlayerEditorPlugin::_property_keyed(const String &p_keyed, const Variant &p_value, bool p_advance) {
-	if (!anim_editor->get_track_editor()->has_keying()) {
+	AnimationTrackEditor *te = anim_editor->get_track_editor();
+	if (!te || !te->has_keying()) {
 		return;
 	}
-	anim_editor->get_track_editor()->insert_value_key(p_keyed, p_value, p_advance);
+	te->_clear_selection();
+	te->insert_value_key(p_keyed, p_value, p_advance);
 }
 
 void AnimationPlayerEditorPlugin::_transform_key_request(Object *sp, const String &p_sub, const Transform3D &p_key) {
diff --git a/editor/plugins/skeleton_3d_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/skeleton_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
index f79a001efb4..d2dadd884bc 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/skeleton_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/skeleton_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -153,9 +153,10 @@ void BoneTransformEditor::set_target(const String &p_prop) {
 
 void BoneTransformEditor::_property_keyed(const String &p_path, bool p_advance) {
 	AnimationTrackEditor *te = AnimationPlayerEditor::get_singleton()->get_track_editor();
-	if (!te->has_keying()) {
+	if (!te || !te->has_keying()) {
 		return;
 	}
+	te->_clear_selection();
 	PackedStringArray split = p_path.split("/");
 	if (split.size() == 3 && split[0] == "bones") {
 		int bone_idx = split[1].to_int();