diff --git a/editor/editor_inspector.cpp b/editor/editor_inspector.cpp
index 467a19ebb14..199383c3918 100644
--- a/editor/editor_inspector.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_inspector.cpp
@@ -3579,7 +3579,9 @@ void EditorInspector::edit(Object *p_object) {
 
 	next_object = p_object; // Some plugins need to know the next edited object when clearing the inspector.
 	if (object) {
-		object->disconnect(CoreStringName(property_list_changed), callable_mp(this, &EditorInspector::_changed_callback));
+		if (likely(Variant(object).get_validated_object())) {
+			object->disconnect(CoreStringName(property_list_changed), callable_mp(this, &EditorInspector::_changed_callback));
+		}
 		_clear();
 	}
 	per_array_page.clear();