diff --git a/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp b/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp
index 51e6c3e27735..a353073f215b 100644
--- a/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp
+++ b/modules/openxr/editor/openxr_action_map_editor.cpp
@@ -248,32 +248,27 @@ void OpenXRActionMapEditor::_on_interaction_profile_selected(const String p_path
 
 void OpenXRActionMapEditor::_load_action_map(const String p_path, bool p_create_new_if_missing) {
 	Error err = OK;
-	action_map = ResourceLoader::load(p_path, "", ResourceFormatLoader::CACHE_MODE_REUSE, &err);
-	if (err != OK) {
-		if ((err == ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND || err == ERR_CANT_OPEN) && p_create_new_if_missing) {
-			action_map.instantiate();
-			action_map->create_default_action_sets();
-
-			// Save it immediately
-			err = ResourceSaver::save(action_map, p_path);
-			if (err != OK) {
-				// Show warning but continue.
-				EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(vformat(TTR("Error saving file %s: %s"), edited_path, error_names[err]));
-			} else {
-				// Reload so it's cached.
-				action_map = ResourceLoader::load(p_path, "", ResourceFormatLoader::CACHE_MODE_REUSE, &err);
-				if (err != OK) {
-					// Show warning but continue.
-					EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(vformat(TTR("Error reloading file %s: %s"), edited_path, error_names[err]));
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
+	Ref<DirAccess> da = DirAccess::create(DirAccess::ACCESS_RESOURCES);
+	if (da->file_exists(p_path)) {
+		action_map = ResourceLoader::load(p_path, "", ResourceFormatLoader::CACHE_MODE_REUSE, &err);
+		if (err != OK) {
 			EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(vformat(TTR("Error loading %s: %s."), edited_path, error_names[err]));
 
 			edited_path = "";
 			header_label->set_text("");
 			return;
 		}
+	} else if (p_create_new_if_missing) {
+		action_map.instantiate();
+		action_map->create_default_action_sets();
+		action_map->set_path(p_path);
+
+		// Save it immediately
+		err = ResourceSaver::save(action_map, p_path);
+		if (err != OK) {
+			// Show warning but continue.
+			EditorNode::get_singleton()->show_warning(vformat(TTR("Error saving file %s: %s"), edited_path, error_names[err]));
+		}
 	}
 
 	edited_path = p_path;