diff --git a/source/blender/animrig/intern/keyframing.cc b/source/blender/animrig/intern/keyframing.cc
index cc26df19d15..8b09b04c5aa 100644
--- a/source/blender/animrig/intern/keyframing.cc
+++ b/source/blender/animrig/intern/keyframing.cc
@@ -1015,9 +1015,11 @@ void insert_key_rna(PointerRNA *rna_pointer,
   /* Keyframing functions can deal with the nla_context being a nullptr. */
   ListBase nla_cache = {nullptr, nullptr};
   NlaKeyframingContext *nla_context = nullptr;
+
   if (adt && adt->action == action) {
+    PointerRNA id_pointer = RNA_id_pointer_create(id);
     nla_context = BKE_animsys_get_nla_keyframing_context(
-        &nla_cache, rna_pointer, adt, &anim_eval_context);
+        &nla_cache, &id_pointer, adt, &anim_eval_context);
   }
 
   const float nla_frame = BKE_nla_tweakedit_remap(adt, scene_frame, NLATIME_CONVERT_UNMAP);
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_animsys.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_animsys.h
index 31617dd56b5..55528b67734 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_animsys.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_animsys.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ typedef struct NlaKeyframingContext NlaKeyframingContext;
  *
  * \param cache: List used to cache contexts for reuse when keying
  * multiple channels in one operation.
- * \param ptr: RNA pointer to the Object with the animation.
+ * \param ptr: RNA pointer to the ID with the animation.
  * \return Keyframing context, or NULL if not necessary.
  */
 struct NlaKeyframingContext *BKE_animsys_get_nla_keyframing_context(
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_sys.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_sys.cc
index 8ac5231e8ce..7813ddd6e3d 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_sys.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/anim_sys.cc
@@ -3673,6 +3673,11 @@ void nlasnapshot_blend_get_inverted_lower_snapshot(NlaEvalData *eval_data,
 NlaKeyframingContext *BKE_animsys_get_nla_keyframing_context(
     ListBase *cache, PointerRNA *ptr, AnimData *adt, const AnimationEvalContext *anim_eval_context)
 {
+  /* The PointerRNA needs to point to an ID because animsys_evaluate_nla_for_keyframing uses
+   * F-Curve paths to resolve properties. Since F-Curve paths are always relative to the ID this
+   * would fail if the PointerRNA was e.g. a bone. */
+  BLI_assert(RNA_struct_is_ID(ptr->type));
+
   /* No remapping needed if NLA is off or no action. */
   if ((adt == nullptr) || (adt->action == nullptr) || (adt->nla_tracks.first == nullptr) ||
       (adt->flag & ADT_NLA_EVAL_OFF))