diff --git a/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp
index bf698a5cebe..f057e4d9146 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/canvas_item_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -6137,6 +6137,11 @@ bool CanvasItemEditorViewport::_create_instance(Node *parent, String &path, cons
 		Vector2 target_pos = canvas_item_editor->get_canvas_transform().affine_inverse().xform(p_point);
 		target_pos = canvas_item_editor->snap_point(target_pos);
 		target_pos = parent_ci->get_global_transform_with_canvas().affine_inverse().xform(target_pos);
+		// Preserve instance position of the original scene.
+		CanvasItem *instance_ci = Object::cast_to<CanvasItem>(instanced_scene);
+		if (instance_ci) {
+			target_pos += instance_ci->_edit_get_position();
+		}
 		editor_data->get_undo_redo().add_do_method(instanced_scene, "set_position", target_pos);
 	}