diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlayScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlayScreen.cs
index 3d80248306..37b50b4863 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlayScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlayScreen.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay
             this.ScaleTo(1, 250, Easing.OutSine);
 
             Debug.Assert(screenStack.CurrentScreen != null);
-            screenStack.CurrentScreen.OnResuming(e);
+
+            // if a subscreen was pushed to the nested stack while the stack was not present, this path will proxy `OnResuming()`
+            // to the subscreen before `OnEntering()` can even be called for the subscreen, breaking ordering expectations.
+            // to work around this, do not proxy resume to screens that haven't loaded yet.
+            if ((screenStack.CurrentScreen as Drawable)?.IsLoaded == true)
+                screenStack.CurrentScreen.OnResuming(e);
 
             base.OnResuming(e);
         }
@@ -143,7 +148,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay
             this.FadeOut(250);
 
             Debug.Assert(screenStack.CurrentScreen != null);
-            screenStack.CurrentScreen.OnSuspending(e);
+
+            // if a subscreen was pushed to the nested stack while the stack was not present, this path will proxy `OnSuspending()`
+            // to the subscreen before `OnEntering()` can even be called for the subscreen, breaking ordering expectations.
+            // to work around this, do not proxy suspend to screens that haven't loaded yet.
+            if ((screenStack.CurrentScreen as Drawable)?.IsLoaded == true)
+                screenStack.CurrentScreen.OnSuspending(e);
         }
 
         public override bool OnExiting(ScreenExitEvent e)