diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
index 5b5bc5d936..d9f72315ee 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                 hitObject.ApplyDefaults(this.beatmap.ControlPointInfo, this.beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty);
         }
 
-        protected override bool ShouldSkipLine(string line) => base.ShouldSkipLine(line) || line.StartsWith(" ") || line.StartsWith("_");
+        protected override bool ShouldSkipLine(string line) => base.ShouldSkipLine(line) || line.StartsWith(" ", StringComparison.Ordinal) || line.StartsWith("_", StringComparison.Ordinal);
 
         protected override void ParseLine(Beatmap beatmap, Section section, string line)
         {