diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs
index 76f6db1384..ce3d0652b3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/RealmArchiveModelImporter.cs
@@ -258,15 +258,13 @@ await Task.WhenAll(tasks.Select(async task =>
         {
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            bool checkedExisting = false;
-            TModel? existing = null;
+            TModel? existing;
 
             if (batchImport && archive != null)
             {
                 // this is a fast bail condition to improve large import performance.
                 item.Hash = computeHashFast(archive);
 
-                checkedExisting = true;
                 existing = CheckForExisting(item, realm);
 
                 if (existing != null)
@@ -311,8 +309,12 @@ await Task.WhenAll(tasks.Select(async task =>
                     // TODO: we may want to run this outside of the transaction.
                     Populate(item, archive, realm, cancellationToken);
 
-                    if (!checkedExisting)
-                        existing = CheckForExisting(item, realm);
+                    // Populate() may have adjusted file content (see SkinImporter.updateSkinIniMetadata), so regardless of whether a fast check was done earlier, let's
+                    // check for existing items a second time.
+                    //
+                    // If this is ever a performance issue, the fast-check hash can be compared and trigger a skip of this second check if it still matches.
+                    // I don't think it is a huge deal doing a second indexed check, though.
+                    existing = CheckForExisting(item, realm);
 
                     if (existing != null)
                     {