diff --git a/scene/gui/tree.cpp b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
index 0c11181f98..31f7a21114 100644
--- a/scene/gui/tree.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ void Tree::_gui_input(Ref<InputEvent> p_event) {
 					pressing_for_editor = false;
 				}
 
-				if (cache.click_type == Cache::CLICK_BUTTON) {
+				if (cache.click_type == Cache::CLICK_BUTTON && cache.click_item != NULL) {
 					// make sure in case of wrong reference after reconstructing whole TreeItems
 					cache.click_item = get_item_at_position(cache.click_pos);
 					emit_signal("button_pressed", cache.click_item, cache.click_column, cache.click_id);