1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/core/variant/callable.cpp b/core/variant/callable.cpp
index bb2d0313f6..5ce90cd8ff 100644
--- a/core/variant/callable.cpp
+++ b/core/variant/callable.cpp
@@ -315,31 +315,32 @@ bool Callable::operator<(const Callable &p_callable) const {
 }
 
 void Callable::operator=(const Callable &p_callable) {
+	CallableCustom *cleanup_ref = nullptr;
 	if (is_custom()) {
 		if (p_callable.is_custom()) {
 			if (custom == p_callable.custom) {
 				return;
 			}
 		}
-
-		if (custom->ref_count.unref()) {
-			memdelete(custom);
-			custom = nullptr;
-		}
+		cleanup_ref = custom;
+		custom = nullptr;
 	}
 
 	if (p_callable.is_custom()) {
 		method = StringName();
-		if (!p_callable.custom->ref_count.ref()) {
-			object = 0;
-		} else {
-			object = 0;
+		object = 0;
+		if (p_callable.custom->ref_count.ref()) {
 			custom = p_callable.custom;
 		}
 	} else {
 		method = p_callable.method;
 		object = p_callable.object;
 	}
+
+	if (cleanup_ref != nullptr && cleanup_ref->ref_count.unref()) {
+		memdelete(cleanup_ref);
+	}
+	cleanup_ref = nullptr;
 }
 
 Callable::operator String() const {