diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index ad324c3ae620..207f52419428 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -1278,6 +1278,15 @@ void EditorNode::save_resource_in_path(const Ref<Resource> &p_resource, const St
 }
 
 void EditorNode::save_resource(const Ref<Resource> &p_resource) {
+	// If built-in resource, save the scene instead.
+	if (p_resource->is_built_in()) {
+		const String scene_path = p_resource->get_path().get_slice("::", 0);
+		if (!scene_path.is_empty()) {
+			save_scene_if_open(scene_path);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	// If the resource has been imported, ask the user to use a different path in order to save it.
 	String path = p_resource->get_path();
 	if (path.is_resource_file() && !FileAccess::exists(path + ".import")) {
diff --git a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index 5ba0f467349f..6c4636dba380 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -2520,15 +2520,7 @@ void ScriptEditor::save_current_script() {
 		clear_docs_from_script(scr);
 	}
 
-	if (resource->is_built_in()) {
-		// If built-in script, save the scene instead.
-		const String scene_path = resource->get_path().get_slice("::", 0);
-		if (!scene_path.is_empty()) {
-			EditorNode::get_singleton()->save_scene_if_open(scene_path);
-		}
-	} else {
-		EditorNode::get_singleton()->save_resource(resource);
-	}
+	EditorNode::get_singleton()->save_resource(resource);
 
 	if (scr.is_valid()) {
 		update_docs_from_script(scr);