diff --git a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
index 478c7bd53e8..2e61a6a8864 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/animation_blend_tree_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -915,6 +915,9 @@ void AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor::_node_renamed(const String &p_text, Ref<Anima
 }
 
 void AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor::_node_renamed_focus_out(Node *le, Ref<AnimationNode> p_node) {
+	if (le == nullptr) {
+		return; // The text_submitted signal triggered the graph update and freed the LineEdit.
+	}
 	_node_renamed(le->call("get_text"), p_node);
 }