diff --git a/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
index 8ab35d150e52..ad7ef2b6ef65 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/node_3d_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -4152,6 +4152,7 @@ Node *Node3DEditorViewport::_sanitize_preview_node(Node *p_node) const {
 }
 
 void Node3DEditorViewport::_create_preview_node(const Vector<String> &files) const {
+	bool add_preview = false;
 	for (int i = 0; i < files.size(); i++) {
 		String path = files[i];
 		Ref<Resource> res = ResourceLoader::load(path);
@@ -4172,9 +4173,13 @@ void Node3DEditorViewport::_create_preview_node(const Vector<String> &files) con
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_scene_root()->add_child(preview_node);
+			add_preview = true;
 		}
 	}
+	if (add_preview) {
+		EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_scene_root()->add_child(preview_node);
+	}
+
 	*preview_bounds = _calculate_spatial_bounds(preview_node);
 }