diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs
index 5eb5fcdfa0..0bb1aa873f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapEncoder.cs
@@ -333,9 +333,10 @@ private void addPathData(TextWriter writer, IHasPath pathData, Vector2 position)
 
                     // Explicit segments have a new format in which the type is injected into the middle of the control point string.
                     // To preserve compatibility with osu-stable as much as possible, explicit segments with the same type are converted to use implicit segments by duplicating the control point.
-                    bool needsExplicitSegment = point.Type.Value != lastType;
+                    // One exception are consecutive perfect curves, which aren't supported in osu-stable
+                    bool needsExplicitSegment = point.Type.Value != lastType || point.Type.Value == PathType.PerfectCurve;
 
-                    // One exception to this is when the last two control points of the last segment were duplicated. This is not a scenario supported by osu!stable.
+                    // Another exception to this is when the last two control points of the last segment were duplicated. This is not a scenario supported by osu!stable.
                     // Lazer does not add implicit segments for the last two control points of _any_ explicit segment, so an explicit segment is forced in order to maintain consistency with the decoder.
                     if (i > 1)
                     {