diff --git a/scene/gui/texture_progress.cpp b/scene/gui/texture_progress.cpp
index 8431a27e6d7..59c8a69795a 100644
--- a/scene/gui/texture_progress.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/texture_progress.cpp
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void TextureProgress::_notification(int p_what) {
 							}
 
 							// Draw a reference cross.
-							if (Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint()) {
+							if (Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint() && is_inside_tree() && get_tree()->get_edited_scene_root() && get_tree()->get_edited_scene_root()->get_parent()->is_a_parent_of(this)) {
 								Point2 p;
 
 								if (nine_patch_stretch) {