diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index b0fbef235b..c4b2c93d7e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -374,12 +374,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// <returns>A <see cref="WorkingBeatmap"/> instance correlating to the provided <see cref="BeatmapInfo"/>.</returns>
         public WorkingBeatmap GetWorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, WorkingBeatmap previous = null)
         {
-            if (beatmapInfo == null || beatmapInfo == DefaultBeatmap?.BeatmapInfo)
+            if (beatmapInfo?.BeatmapSet == null || beatmapInfo == DefaultBeatmap?.BeatmapInfo)
                 return DefaultBeatmap;
 
-            if (beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet == null)
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($@"Beatmap set {beatmapInfo.BeatmapSetInfoID} is not in the local database.");
-
             if (beatmapInfo.Metadata == null)
                 beatmapInfo.Metadata = beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet.Metadata;