diff --git a/scene/gui/tree.cpp b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
index b46ce753ed1..3e73d589f89 100644
--- a/scene/gui/tree.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
@@ -2540,12 +2540,8 @@ int Tree::_count_selected_items(TreeItem *p_from) const {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (p_from->get_first_child()) {
-		count += _count_selected_items(p_from->get_first_child());
-	}
-
-	if (p_from->get_next()) {
-		count += _count_selected_items(p_from->get_next());
+	for (TreeItem *c = p_from->get_first_child(); c; c = c->get_next()) {
+		count += _count_selected_items(c);
 	}
 
 	return count;