diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
index 2935791cde..d9d0d28477 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
@@ -70,13 +70,17 @@ protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
         {
             base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
 
-            // Of note, no one noticed this was missing for years, but it definitely feels like it should still exist.
-            // For now this is applied across all skins, and matches stable.
-            // For simplicity, dim colour is applied to the DrawableHitObject itself.
-            // We may need to make a nested container setup if this even causes a usage conflict (ie. with a mod).
-            this.FadeColour(new Color4(195, 195, 195, 255));
-            using (BeginDelayedSequence(InitialLifetimeOffset - OsuHitWindows.MISS_WINDOW))
-                this.FadeColour(Color4.White, 100);
+            // Dim should only be applied at a top level, as it will be implicitly applied to nested objects.
+            if (ParentHitObject == null)
+            {
+                // Of note, no one noticed this was missing for years, but it definitely feels like it should still exist.
+                // For now this is applied across all skins, and matches stable.
+                // For simplicity, dim colour is applied to the DrawableHitObject itself.
+                // We may need to make a nested container setup if this even causes a usage conflict (ie. with a mod).
+                this.FadeColour(new Color4(195, 195, 195, 255));
+                using (BeginDelayedSequence(InitialLifetimeOffset - OsuHitWindows.MISS_WINDOW))
+                    this.FadeColour(Color4.White, 100);
+            }
         }
 
         protected sealed override double InitialLifetimeOffset => HitObject.TimePreempt;