diff --git a/scene/audio/audio_stream_player_internal.cpp b/scene/audio/audio_stream_player_internal.cpp
index f738530f09..43265007ee 100644
--- a/scene/audio/audio_stream_player_internal.cpp
+++ b/scene/audio/audio_stream_player_internal.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ void AudioStreamPlayerInternal::notification(int p_what) {
 
 		case Node::NOTIFICATION_SUSPENDED:
 		case Node::NOTIFICATION_PAUSED: {
-			if (!node->can_process()) {
+			bool can_process = node->is_inside_tree() && node->can_process();
+			if (!can_process) {
 				// Node can't process so we start fading out to silence
 				set_stream_paused(true);
 			}