diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs
index 4d698d2c92..9c0fc5ef8a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs
@@ -192,8 +192,6 @@ public virtual void Save(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, IBeatmap beatmapContent, ISkin
         {
             var setInfo = beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet;
 
-            beatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CopyFrom(beatmapContent.Difficulty);
-
             using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
             {
                 using (var sw = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, 1024, true))
@@ -204,6 +202,8 @@ public virtual void Save(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, IBeatmap beatmapContent, ISkin
                 using (ContextFactory.GetForWrite())
                 {
                     beatmapInfo = setInfo.Beatmaps.Single(b => b.ID == beatmapInfo.ID);
+                    beatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CopyFrom(beatmapContent.Difficulty);
+
                     var metadata = beatmapInfo.Metadata ?? setInfo.Metadata;
 
                     // grab the original file (or create a new one if not found).