diff --git a/editor/debugger/debug_adapter/debug_adapter_parser.cpp b/editor/debugger/debug_adapter/debug_adapter_parser.cpp
index e8546810106..5009de4ac4e 100644
--- a/editor/debugger/debug_adapter/debug_adapter_parser.cpp
+++ b/editor/debugger/debug_adapter/debug_adapter_parser.cpp
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ Dictionary DebugAdapterParser::req_evaluate(const Dictionary &p_params) const {
 
 	String value = EditorDebuggerNode::get_singleton()->get_var_value(args["expression"]);
 	body["result"] = value;
+	body["variablesReference"] = 0;
 
 	return response;
 }