diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenSuspensionHandler.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenSuspensionHandler.cs
index 8585a5c309..30ca15c311 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenSuspensionHandler.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenSuspensionHandler.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         private readonly GameplayClockContainer gameplayClockContainer;
         private Bindable<bool> isPaused;
 
+        private readonly Bindable<bool> disableSuspensionBindable = new Bindable<bool>();
+
         [Resolved]
         private GameHost host { get; set; }
 
@@ -31,12 +32,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            // This is the only usage game-wide of suspension changes.
-            // Assert to ensure we don't accidentally forget this in the future.
-            Debug.Assert(host.AllowScreenSuspension.Value);
-
             isPaused = gameplayClockContainer.IsPaused.GetBoundCopy();
-            isPaused.BindValueChanged(paused => host.AllowScreenSuspension.Value = paused.NewValue, true);
+            isPaused.BindValueChanged(paused =>
+            {
+                if (paused.NewValue)
+                    host.AllowScreenSuspension.RemoveSource(disableSuspensionBindable);
+                else
+                    host.AllowScreenSuspension.AddSource(disableSuspensionBindable);
+            }, true);
         }
 
         protected override void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
@@ -44,9 +47,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             base.Dispose(isDisposing);
 
             isPaused?.UnbindAll();
-
-            if (host != null)
-                host.AllowScreenSuspension.Value = true;
+            host?.AllowScreenSuspension.RemoveSource(disableSuspensionBindable);
         }
     }
 }