diff --git a/editor/plugins/visual_shader_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/visual_shader_editor_plugin.cpp
index 3215f85293a..f4ee5cd2317 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/visual_shader_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/visual_shader_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -7347,7 +7347,7 @@ public:
 		Ref<VisualShaderNode> vsnode_new = vsnode->duplicate();
 		vsnode_new->set(p_property, p_value);
 		const int input_port_count = vsnode_new->get_input_port_count();
-		const int output_port_count = vsnode_new->get_output_port_count();
+		const int output_port_count = vsnode_new->get_expanded_output_port_count();
 
 		List<VisualShader::Connection> conns;
 		editor->get_visual_shader()->get_node_connections(shader_type, &conns);