diff --git a/scene/gui/tree.cpp b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
index 648678c35a9..d01e5ca4cec 100644
--- a/scene/gui/tree.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/tree.cpp
@@ -6054,7 +6054,7 @@ Tree::Tree() {
 	add_child(range_click_timer, false, INTERNAL_MODE_FRONT);
 
 	dropping_unfold_timer = memnew(Timer);
-	dropping_unfold_timer->set_wait_time(theme_cache.dragging_unfold_wait_msec * 0.001);
+	dropping_unfold_timer->set_one_shot(true);
 	dropping_unfold_timer->connect("timeout", callable_mp(this, &Tree::_on_dropping_unfold_timer_timeout));
 	add_child(dropping_unfold_timer);