diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index d8110a0a863..4137a7e5881 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -1769,7 +1769,9 @@ void EditorNode::gather_resources(const Variant &p_variant, List<Ref<Resource>>
 					r_list.push_back(res);
 				}
 			}
-			gather_resources(v, r_list, p_subresources, p_allow_external);
+			if (Object::cast_to<Node>(v) == nullptr) {
+				gather_resources(v, r_list, p_subresources, p_allow_external);
+			}
 		}
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1793,8 +1795,12 @@ void EditorNode::gather_resources(const Variant &p_variant, List<Ref<Resource>>
 					r_list.push_back(res_value);
 				}
 			}
-			gather_resources(kv.key, r_list, p_subresources, p_allow_external);
-			gather_resources(kv.value, r_list, p_subresources, p_allow_external);
+			if (Object::cast_to<Node>(kv.key) == nullptr) {
+				gather_resources(kv.key, r_list, p_subresources, p_allow_external);
+			}
+			if (Object::cast_to<Node>(kv.value) == nullptr) {
+				gather_resources(kv.value, r_list, p_subresources, p_allow_external);
+			}
 		}
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1809,12 +1815,10 @@ void EditorNode::gather_resources(const Variant &p_variant, List<Ref<Resource>>
 
 		Variant property_value = p_variant.get(E.name);
 		Variant::Type property_type = property_value.get_type();
-
 		if (property_type == Variant::ARRAY || property_type == Variant::DICTIONARY) {
 			gather_resources(property_value, r_list, p_subresources, p_allow_external);
 			continue;
 		}
-
 		Ref<Resource> res = property_value;
 		if (res.is_null()) {
 			continue;
diff --git a/editor/inspector/editor_inspector.cpp b/editor/inspector/editor_inspector.cpp
index f9253a66ee1..be0d8cc67d3 100644
--- a/editor/inspector/editor_inspector.cpp
+++ b/editor/inspector/editor_inspector.cpp
@@ -5186,9 +5186,9 @@ void EditorInspector::_edit_set(const String &p_name, const Variant &p_value, bo
 			} else {
 				undo_redo->add_undo_property(object, p_name, value);
 			}
-			// We'll use Editor Selection to get the currently edited Node.
 			Node *N = Object::cast_to<Node>(object);
-			if (N && (type == Variant::OBJECT || type == Variant::ARRAY || type == Variant::DICTIONARY) && value != p_value) {
+			bool double_counting = Object::cast_to<Node>(p_value) == N || Object::cast_to<Node>(value) == N;
+			if (N && !double_counting && (type == Variant::OBJECT || type == Variant::ARRAY || type == Variant::DICTIONARY) && value != p_value) {
 				undo_redo->add_do_method(EditorNode::get_singleton(), "update_node_reference", value, N, true);
 				undo_redo->add_do_method(EditorNode::get_singleton(), "update_node_reference", p_value, N, false);
 				// Perhaps an inefficient way of updating the resource count.