diff --git a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp
index de38cd48b..fd6a59755 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Animations/Graph/AnimGroup.Animation.cpp
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ void AnimGraphExecutor::ProcessGroupAnimation(Box* boxBase, Node* nodeBase, Valu
             AnimSampleData a(node->Assets[aIndex].As<Animation>(), aData.W, aIndex);
 
             // Check single A case or the last valid animation
-            if (x <= aData.X + ANIM_GRAPH_BLEND_THRESHOLD || bIndex == ANIM_GRAPH_MULTI_BLEND_INVALID)
+            if (x <= aData.X + ANIM_GRAPH_BLEND_THRESHOLD || i + 2 == data.Count)
             {
                 MultiBlendAnimData::BeforeSample(context, bucket, prevList, a, speed);
                 value = SampleAnimation(node, loop, startTimePos, a);
@@ -1776,6 +1776,12 @@ void AnimGraphExecutor::ProcessGroupAnimation(Box* boxBase, Node* nodeBase, Valu
         const float blendDuration = (float)tryGetValue(node->GetBox(2), node->Values[1]);
         const int32 poseCount = Math::Clamp(node->Values[2].AsInt, 0, MaxBlendPoses);
         const AlphaBlendMode mode = (AlphaBlendMode)node->Values[3].AsInt;
+        if (bucket.PreviousBlendPoseIndex >= poseCount || bucket.PreviousBlendPoseIndex < -1)
+        {
+            // TODO: find out why BlendPoseBucketInit is not called in some state machines?
+            bucket.TransitionPosition = 0.0f;
+            bucket.PreviousBlendPoseIndex = -1;
+        }
 
         // Skip if nothing to blend
         if (poseCount == 0 || poseIndex < 0 || poseIndex >= poseCount)