diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
index f40c301220..e05dbd8ea6 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using osu.Game.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.ControlPoints;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Judgements;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Judgements;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 
@@ -166,9 +167,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
 
             TimingControlPoint timingPoint = controlPointInfo.TimingPointAt(StartTime);
 
-            double scoringDistance = BASE_SCORING_DISTANCE * difficulty.SliderMultiplier * ((IHasSliderVelocity)this).GetPrecisionAdjustedSliderVelocityMultiplier(OsuRuleset.SHORT_NAME);
+            Velocity = BASE_SCORING_DISTANCE * difficulty.SliderMultiplier / LegacyRulesetExtensions.GetPrecisionAdjustedBeatLength(this, timingPoint, OsuRuleset.SHORT_NAME);
+            // WARNING: this is intentionally not computed as `BASE_SCORING_DISTANCE * difficulty.SliderMultiplier`
+            // for backwards compatibility reasons (intentionally introducing floating point errors to match stable).
+            double scoringDistance = Velocity * timingPoint.BeatLength;
 
-            Velocity = scoringDistance / timingPoint.BeatLength;
             TickDistance = GenerateTicks ? (scoringDistance / difficulty.SliderTickRate * TickDistanceMultiplier) : double.PositiveInfinity;
         }