diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
index 95e9a19c99..2332e6e160 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 resources,
                 // A default legacy skin may still have a skin.ini if it is modified by the user.
                 // We must specify the stream directly as we are redirecting storage to the osu-resources location for other files.
-                new LegacySkinResourceStore(skin, resources.Files).GetStream("skin.ini")
+                new LegacyDatabasedSkinResourceStore(skin, resources.Files).GetStream("skin.ini")
             )
         {
             Configuration.CustomColours["SliderBall"] = new Color4(2, 170, 255, 255);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 
         public static SkinInfo Info { get; } = new SkinInfo
         {
-            ID = SkinInfo.CLASSIC_SKIN, // this is temporary until database storage is decided upon.
+            ID = osu.Game.Skinning.SkinInfo.CLASSIC_SKIN, // this is temporary until database storage is decided upon.
             Name = "osu!classic",
             Creator = "team osu!",
             InstantiationInfo = typeof(DefaultLegacySkin).GetInvariantInstantiationInfo()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
index c377f16f8b..8d3a83f589 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         private readonly IStorageResourceProvider resources;
 
         public DefaultSkin(IStorageResourceProvider resources)
-            : this(SkinInfo.Default, resources)
+            : this(osu.Game.Skinning.SkinInfo.Default, resources)
         {
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs
index 0599334b46..d44d3dce49 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyBeatmapSkin.cs
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         }
 
         private static SkinInfo createSkinInfo(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo) =>
-            new SkinInfo { Name = beatmapInfo.ToString(), Creator = beatmapInfo.Metadata?.Author.Username };
+            new SkinInfo { Name = beatmapInfo.ToString(), Creator = beatmapInfo.Metadata?.Author.Username ?? string.Empty };
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyDatabasedSkinResourceStore.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyDatabasedSkinResourceStore.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab820a13ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacyDatabasedSkinResourceStore.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
+using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
+using Realms;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Skinning
+{
+    public class LegacyDatabasedSkinResourceStore : ResourceStore<byte[]>
+    {
+        private readonly ILive<SkinInfo> source;
+
+        public LegacyDatabasedSkinResourceStore(SkinInfo source, IResourceStore<byte[]> underlyingStore)
+            : base(underlyingStore)
+        {
+            this.source = source.ToLive();
+        }
+
+        protected override IEnumerable<string> GetFilenames(string name)
+        {
+            foreach (string filename in base.GetFilenames(name))
+            {
+                string path = getPathForFile(filename.ToStandardisedPath());
+                if (path != null)
+                    yield return path;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string getPathForFile(string filename) =>
+            source.PerformRead(s =>
+            {
+                if (s.IsManaged)
+                {
+                    // avoid enumerating all files if this is a managed realm instance.
+                    return s.Files.Filter(@"Filename ==[c] $0", filename).FirstOrDefault()?.File.GetStoragePath();
+                }
+
+                return s.Files.FirstOrDefault(f => string.Equals(f.Filename, filename, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))?.File.GetStoragePath();
+            });
+
+        public override IEnumerable<string> GetAvailableResources() => source.PerformRead(s => s.Files.Select(f => f.Filename));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
index 64f920de85..e677e2c01b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 
         [UsedImplicitly(ImplicitUseKindFlags.InstantiatedWithFixedConstructorSignature)]
         public LegacySkin(SkinInfo skin, IStorageResourceProvider resources)
-            : this(skin, new LegacySkinResourceStore(skin, resources.Files), resources, "skin.ini")
+            : this(skin, new LegacyDatabasedSkinResourceStore(skin, resources.Files), resources, "skin.ini")
         {
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinResourceStore.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinResourceStore.cs
index 71efc949b8..2487a469c8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinResourceStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkinResourceStore.cs
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 {
     public class LegacySkinResourceStore : ResourceStore<byte[]>
     {
-        private readonly IHasRealmFiles source;
+        private readonly IHasNamedFiles source;
 
-        public LegacySkinResourceStore(IHasRealmFiles source, IResourceStore<byte[]> underlyingStore)
+        public LegacySkinResourceStore(IHasNamedFiles source, IResourceStore<byte[]> underlyingStore)
             : base(underlyingStore)
         {
             this.source = source;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         }
 
         private string getPathForFile(string filename) =>
-            source.Files.FirstOrDefault(f => string.Equals(f.Filename, filename, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))?.FileInfo.GetStoragePath();
+            source.Files.FirstOrDefault(f => string.Equals(f.Filename, filename, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))?.File.GetStoragePath();
 
         public override IEnumerable<string> GetAvailableResources() => source.Files.Select(f => f.Filename);
     }