diff --git a/editor/animation_track_editor.cpp b/editor/animation_track_editor.cpp
index 24a6d89118d..369330dd16c 100644
--- a/editor/animation_track_editor.cpp
+++ b/editor/animation_track_editor.cpp
@@ -2694,14 +2694,21 @@ void AnimationTrackEdit::gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_event) {
 					AnimationPlayer *ap = ape->get_player();
 					if (ap) {
 						NodePath npath = animation->track_get_path(track);
-						Node *nd = ap->get_node(ap->get_root())->get_node(NodePath(npath.get_concatenated_names()));
-						StringName prop = npath.get_concatenated_subnames();
-						PropertyInfo prop_info;
-						ClassDB::get_property_info(nd->get_class(), prop, &prop_info);
-						bool is_angle = prop_info.type == Variant::FLOAT && prop_info.hint_string.find("radians") != -1;
-						if (is_angle) {
-							menu->add_icon_item(get_theme_icon(SNAME("InterpLinearAngle"), SNAME("EditorIcons")), TTR("Linear Angle"), MENU_INTERPOLATION_LINEAR_ANGLE);
-							menu->add_icon_item(get_theme_icon(SNAME("InterpCubicAngle"), SNAME("EditorIcons")), TTR("Cubic Angle"), MENU_INTERPOLATION_CUBIC_ANGLE);
+						Node *a_ap_root_node = ap->get_node(ap->get_root());
+						Node *nd = nullptr;
+						// We must test that we have a valid a_ap_root_node before trying to access its content to init the nd Node.
+						if (a_ap_root_node) {
+							nd = a_ap_root_node->get_node(NodePath(npath.get_concatenated_names()));
+						}
+						if (nd) {
+							StringName prop = npath.get_concatenated_subnames();
+							PropertyInfo prop_info;
+							ClassDB::get_property_info(nd->get_class(), prop, &prop_info);
+							bool is_angle = prop_info.type == Variant::FLOAT && prop_info.hint_string.find("radians") != -1;
+							if (is_angle) {
+								menu->add_icon_item(get_theme_icon(SNAME("InterpLinearAngle"), SNAME("EditorIcons")), TTR("Linear Angle"), MENU_INTERPOLATION_LINEAR_ANGLE);
+								menu->add_icon_item(get_theme_icon(SNAME("InterpCubicAngle"), SNAME("EditorIcons")), TTR("Cubic Angle"), MENU_INTERPOLATION_CUBIC_ANGLE);
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}