diff --git a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Tools/EMotionStudio/Plugins/StandardPlugins/Source/AnimGraph/ParameterWindow.cpp b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Tools/EMotionStudio/Plugins/StandardPlugins/Source/AnimGraph/ParameterWindow.cpp
index 3f3c7c1c7d..c8ce48fe18 100644
--- a/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Tools/EMotionStudio/Plugins/StandardPlugins/Source/AnimGraph/ParameterWindow.cpp
+++ b/Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Tools/EMotionStudio/Plugins/StandardPlugins/Source/AnimGraph/ParameterWindow.cpp
@@ -1461,10 +1461,15 @@ namespace EMStudio
 
         // show the create window
         auto createWindow = new ParameterCreateRenameWindow("Create Group", "Please enter the group name:", uniqueGroupName.c_str(), "", invalidNames, this);
-        connect(createWindow, &QDialog::finished, this, [this, createWindow]()
+        connect(createWindow, &QDialog::finished, this, [this, createWindow](int resultCode)
         {
             createWindow->deleteLater();
 
+            if (resultCode == QDialog::Rejected)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             AZStd::string command = AZStd::string::format("AnimGraphAddGroupParameter -animGraphID %i -name \"%s\"", m_animGraph->GetID(), createWindow->GetName().c_str());
             const EMotionFX::GroupParameter* parentGroup = nullptr;
             const EMotionFX::Parameter* selectedParameter = GetSingleSelectedParameter();