diff --git a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
index 883f9fda91bd..6d3d38d36656 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ 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_color("font_color", "Label"));
-			name->connect("text_entered", this, "_node_renamed", varray(agnode));
+			name->connect("text_entered", this, "_node_renamed", varray(agnode), CONNECT_DEFERRED);
 			name->connect("focus_exited", this, "_node_renamed_focus_out", varray(name, agnode), CONNECT_DEFERRED);
 			base = 1;
 			node->set_show_close_button(true);