diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs
index d335913586..0e77553177 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ public override void PostProcess()
         {
             base.PostProcess();
 
-            var hitObjects = Beatmap.HitObjects as List<OsuHitObject> ?? Beatmap.HitObjects.OfType<OsuHitObject>().ToList();
+            ApplyStacking(Beatmap);
+        }
+
+        internal static void ApplyStacking(IBeatmap beatmap)
+        {
+            var hitObjects = beatmap.HitObjects as List<OsuHitObject> ?? beatmap.HitObjects.OfType<OsuHitObject>().ToList();
 
             if (hitObjects.Count > 0)
             {
@@ -50,14 +55,14 @@ public override void PostProcess()
                 foreach (var h in hitObjects)
                     h.StackHeight = 0;
 
-                if (Beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion >= 6)
-                    applyStacking(Beatmap.BeatmapInfo, hitObjects, 0, hitObjects.Count - 1);
+                if (beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion >= 6)
+                    applyStacking(beatmap.BeatmapInfo, hitObjects, 0, hitObjects.Count - 1);
                 else
-                    applyStackingOld(Beatmap.BeatmapInfo, hitObjects);
+                    applyStackingOld(beatmap.BeatmapInfo, hitObjects);
             }
         }
 
-        private void applyStacking(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, List<OsuHitObject> hitObjects, int startIndex, int endIndex)
+        private static void applyStacking(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, List<OsuHitObject> hitObjects, int startIndex, int endIndex)
         {
             ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfGreaterThan(startIndex, endIndex);
             ArgumentOutOfRangeException.ThrowIfNegative(startIndex);
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@ private void applyStacking(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, List<OsuHitObject> hitObject
             }
         }
 
-        private void applyStackingOld(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, List<OsuHitObject> hitObjects)
+        private static void applyStackingOld(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, List<OsuHitObject> hitObjects)
         {
             for (int i = 0; i < hitObjects.Count; i++)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs
index 9b4b77b625..2ca7664d5d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Compose.Components;
@@ -72,10 +73,10 @@ public override bool HandleMovement(MoveSelectionEvent<HitObject> moveEvent)
             // but this will be corrected.
             moveSelectionInBounds();
 
-            // update all of the objects in order to update stacking.
-            // in particular, this causes stacked objects to instantly unstack on drag.
-            foreach (var h in hitObjects)
-                EditorBeatmap.Update(h);
+            // manually update stacking.
+            // this intentionally bypasses the editor `UpdateState()` / beatmap processor flow for performance reasons,
+            // as the entire flow is too expensive to run on every movement.
+            Scheduler.AddOnce(OsuBeatmapProcessor.ApplyStacking, EditorBeatmap);
 
             return true;
         }