diff --git a/core/object/object.cpp b/core/object/object.cpp
index b8d6acd050..226427ccb6 100644
--- a/core/object/object.cpp
+++ b/core/object/object.cpp
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Object::Connection::Connection(const Variant &p_variant) {
 }
 
 bool Object::_predelete() {
-	_predelete_ok = 1;
+	_predelete_ok = true;
 	notification(NOTIFICATION_PREDELETE, true);
 	if (!_predelete_ok) {
 		return false;
@@ -2394,7 +2394,7 @@ Object::~Object() {
 		ObjectDB::remove_instance(this);
 		_instance_id = ObjectID();
 	}
-	_predelete_ok = 2;
+	_predelete_ok = true;
 
 	if (_instance_bindings != nullptr) {
 		for (uint32_t i = 0; i < _instance_binding_count; i++) {
diff --git a/core/object/object.h b/core/object/object.h
index 2715c7778b..de4ed485dc 100644
--- a/core/object/object.h
+++ b/core/object/object.h
@@ -648,7 +648,6 @@ private:
 #ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
 	SafeRefCount _lock_index;
 #endif // DEBUG_ENABLED
-	int _predelete_ok = 0;
 	ObjectID _instance_id;
 	bool _predelete();
 	void _initialize();
@@ -659,6 +658,12 @@ private:
 	bool _block_signals : 1;
 	bool _can_translate : 1;
 	bool _emitting : 1;
+	bool _predelete_ok : 1;
+
+public:
+	bool _is_queued_for_deletion : 1; // Set to true by SceneTree::queue_delete().
+
+private:
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 	bool _edited : 1;
 	uint32_t _edited_version = 0;
@@ -993,7 +998,6 @@ public:
 	String tr(const StringName &p_message, const StringName &p_context = "") const;
 	String tr_n(const StringName &p_message, const StringName &p_message_plural, int p_n, const StringName &p_context = "") const;
 
-	bool _is_queued_for_deletion = false; // Set to true by SceneTree::queue_delete().
 	bool is_queued_for_deletion() const;
 
 	_FORCE_INLINE_ void set_message_translation(bool p_enable) { _can_translate = p_enable; }