diff --git a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/abstractCommandHook.h b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/abstractCommandHook.h
index 0381e17275..e910ea8788 100644
--- a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/abstractCommandHook.h
+++ b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/abstractCommandHook.h
@@ -105,8 +105,53 @@ class AbstractCommandHook
     // or has an owned root
     virtual bool isProxyShapeSharedStage(const std::string& proxyShapePath) = 0;
 
+    // Increase the count tracking if command executions are delayed.
+    void increaseDelayedCommands() { _delayCount += 1; }
+
+    // Decrease the count tracking if command executions are delayed.
+    void decreaseDelayedCommands()
+    {
+        _delayCount -= 1;
+        if (!areCommandsDelayed())
+            executeDelayedCommands();
+    }
+
+    // Verify if commands are currently delayed.
+    bool areCommandsDelayed() const { return _delayCount > 0; }
+
 protected:
+    virtual void executeDelayedCommands() = 0;
+
     SessionState* _sessionState;
+    int           _delayCount { 0 };
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief When executing multiple commands, it may sometimes be necessary to delay.
+ *        the execution until all commands are issued. For example, when processing
+ *        multiple elements in the slection, but the command itself might change the
+ *        selection.
+ */
+class DelayAbstractCommandHook
+{
+public:
+    DelayAbstractCommandHook(AbstractCommandHook& hook)
+        : _hook(hook)
+    {
+        _hook.increaseDelayedCommands();
+    }
+
+    ~DelayAbstractCommandHook()
+    {
+        try {
+            _hook.decreaseDelayedCommands();
+        } catch (const std::exception&) {
+            // Ignore exceptions in destructor.
+        }
+    }
+
+private:
+    AbstractCommandHook& _hook;
 };
 
 class UndoContext
diff --git a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/layerTreeView.cpp b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/layerTreeView.cpp
index c7d1192293..2f306432b9 100644
--- a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/layerTreeView.cpp
+++ b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/layerTreeView.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ LayerItemVector LayerTreeView::getSelectedLayerItems() const
 
 void LayerTreeView::onAddParentLayer(const QString& undoName) const
 {
+    DelayAbstractCommandHook delayed(*_model->sessionState()->commandHook());
+
     auto selection = getSelectedLayerItems();
 
     CallMethodParams params;
@@ -322,6 +324,8 @@ void LayerTreeView::onAddParentLayer(const QString& undoName) const
 
 void LayerTreeView::onMuteLayer(const QString& undoName) const
 {
+    DelayAbstractCommandHook delayed(*_model->sessionState()->commandHook());
+
     auto selection = getSelectedLayerItems();
 
     CallMethodParams params;
@@ -339,6 +343,7 @@ void LayerTreeView::onMuteLayer(const QString& undoName) const
 
 void LayerTreeView::onLockLayer(const QString& undoName) const
 {
+    DelayAbstractCommandHook delayed(*_model->sessionState()->commandHook());
 
     auto selection = getSelectedLayerItems();
 
@@ -357,6 +362,8 @@ void LayerTreeView::onLockLayer(const QString& undoName) const
 
 void LayerTreeView::callMethodOnSelection(const QString& undoName, simpleLayerMethod method)
 {
+    DelayAbstractCommandHook delayed(*_model->sessionState()->commandHook());
+
     CallMethodParams params;
     auto             selection = getSelectedLayerItems();
     params.selection = &selection;
@@ -486,6 +493,8 @@ void LayerTreeView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
 
 void LayerTreeView::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* event)
 {
+    DelayAbstractCommandHook delayed(*_model->sessionState()->commandHook());
+
     if (event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress) {
         if (event->key() == Qt::Key_Delete) {
             CallMethodParams params;
diff --git a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.cpp b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.cpp
index 89c7de185b..d478e78bac 100644
--- a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.cpp
+++ b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.cpp
@@ -39,21 +39,6 @@ namespace {
 
 std::string quote(const std::string& string) { return STR(" \"") + string + STR("\""); }
 
-MString executeMel(const std::string& commandString)
-{
-    // executes maya command with display and undo set to true so that it logs
-    MStringArray result;
-    MGlobal::executeCommand(
-        MString(commandString.c_str()),
-        result,
-        /*display*/ true,
-        /*undo*/ true);
-    if (result.length() > 0)
-        return result[0];
-    else
-        return "";
-}
-
 // maya doesn't support spaces in undo chunk names...
 MString cleanChunkName(QString name) { return quote(name.replace(" ", "_").toStdString()).c_str(); }
 
@@ -195,8 +180,11 @@ UsdLayer MayaCommandHook::addAnonymousSubLayer(UsdLayer usdLayer, std::string ne
     cmd = "mayaUsdLayerEditor -edit -addAnonymous ";
     cmd += quote(newName);
     cmd += quote(usdLayer->GetIdentifier());
-    std::string result = executeMel(cmd).asChar();
-    return PXR_NS::SdfLayer::FindOrOpen(result);
+    std::string result = executeMel(cmd);
+    if (result.size() > 0)
+        return PXR_NS::SdfLayer::FindOrOpen(result);
+    else
+        return {};
 }
 
 // mute or unmute the given layer
@@ -207,7 +195,7 @@ void MayaCommandHook::muteSubLayer(UsdLayer usdLayer, bool muteIt)
     cmd += muteIt ? "1" : "0";
     cmd += quote(proxyShapePath());
     cmd += quote(usdLayer->GetIdentifier());
-    executeMel(cmd).asChar();
+    executeMel(cmd);
 }
 
 // lock, system-lock or unlock the given layer
@@ -236,7 +224,7 @@ void MayaCommandHook::lockSubLayer(UsdLayer usdLayer, MayaUsd::LayerLockType loc
 
     cmd += quote(proxyShapePath());
     cmd += quote(usdLayer->GetIdentifier());
-    executeMel(cmd).asChar();
+    executeMel(cmd);
 }
 
 // Help menu callback
@@ -295,4 +283,50 @@ bool MayaCommandHook::isProxyShapeSharedStage(const std::string& proxyShapePath)
     return getBooleanAttributeOnProxyShape(proxyShapePath, "shareStage");
 }
 
+std::string MayaCommandHook::executeMel(const std::string& commandString)
+{
+    if (areCommandsDelayed()) {
+        _delayedCommands.push_back({ commandString, false });
+    } else {
+        // executes maya command with display and undo set to true so that it logs
+        MStringArray result;
+        MGlobal::executeCommand(
+            MString(commandString.c_str()),
+            result,
+            /*display*/ true,
+            /*undo*/ true);
+        if (result.length() > 0)
+            return result[0].asChar();
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
+void MayaCommandHook::executePython(const std::string& commandString)
+{
+    if (areCommandsDelayed()) {
+        _delayedCommands.push_back({ commandString, true });
+    } else {
+        MGlobal::executePythonCommand(commandString.c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+void MayaCommandHook::executeDelayedCommands()
+{
+    if (areCommandsDelayed())
+        return;
+
+    // In case the execution of commands add new commands,
+    // make a copy and clear the delayed commands.
+    std::vector<DelayedCommand> cmds = _delayedCommands;
+    _delayedCommands.clear();
+
+    for (const auto& cmd : cmds) {
+        if (cmd.isPython) {
+            executePython(cmd.command);
+        } else {
+            executeMel(cmd.command);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace UsdLayerEditor
diff --git a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.h b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.h
index b55b8d2287..0530da1c93 100644
--- a/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.h
+++ b/lib/usd/ui/layerEditor/mayaCommandHook.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include "abstractCommandHook.h"
 
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace UsdLayerEditor {
 
 /**
@@ -87,6 +89,25 @@ class MayaCommandHook : public AbstractCommandHook
 
 protected:
     std::string proxyShapePath();
+
+    std::string executeMel(const std::string& commandString);
+    void        executePython(const std::string& commandString);
+
+    void executeDelayedCommands() override;
+
+    struct DelayedCommand
+    {
+        DelayedCommand(const std::string& cmd, bool isP)
+            : command(cmd)
+            , isPython(isP)
+        {
+        }
+
+        std::string command;
+        bool        isPython { false };
+    };
+
+    std::vector<DelayedCommand> _delayedCommands;
 };
 
 } // namespace UsdLayerEditor