diff --git a/packages/@sanity/base/src/datastores/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts b/packages/@sanity/base/src/datastores/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts
index 1252aa2b919..57bdfda94af 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/base/src/datastores/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts
+++ b/packages/@sanity/base/src/datastores/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ function commitMutations(mutationParams: MutatorMutation['params']) {
     visibility: 'async',
     returnDocuments: false,
     tag: 'document.commit',
+    // This makes sure the studio doesn't crash when a draft is crated
+    // because someone deleted a referenced document in the target dataset
+    skipCrossDatasetReferenceValidation: true,
   })
 }