diff --git a/scene/animation/animation_player.cpp b/scene/animation/animation_player.cpp
index 4e56f1acf08..319d0171b38 100644
--- a/scene/animation/animation_player.cpp
+++ b/scene/animation/animation_player.cpp
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void AnimationPlayer::_animation_process_animation(AnimationData *p_anim, float
 				Animation::UpdateMode update_mode = a->value_track_get_update_mode(i);
 
 				if (update_mode == Animation::UPDATE_CAPTURE) {
-					if (p_started) {
+					if (p_started || pa->capture == Variant()) {
 						pa->capture = pa->object->get_indexed(pa->subpath);
 					}