diff --git a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
index e7e069e8b68..fdbbe5184b6 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor::_update_graph() {
 			name->set_expand_to_text_length(true);
 			node->add_child(name);
 			node->set_slot(0, false, 0, Color(), true, 0, get_theme_color("font_color", "Label"));
-			name->connect("text_entered", callable_mp(this, &AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor::_node_renamed), varray(agnode));
+			name->connect("text_entered", callable_mp(this, &AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor::_node_renamed), varray(agnode), CONNECT_DEFERRED);
 			name->connect("focus_exited", callable_mp(this, &AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor::_node_renamed_focus_out), varray(name, agnode), CONNECT_DEFERRED);
 			base = 1;
 			node->set_show_close_button(true);