diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs
index b6ca6a242d..bc2494e9b7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs
@@ -845,7 +845,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             float itemDrawY = posInScroll.Y - visibleUpperBound;
             float dist = Math.Abs(1f - itemDrawY / visibleHalfHeight);
 
-            item.X = offsetX(dist, visibleHalfHeight) - (parent?.X ?? 0);
+            // adjusting the item's overall X position can cause it to become masked away when
+            // child items (difficulties) are still visible.
+            item.Header.X = offsetX(dist, visibleHalfHeight) - (parent?.X ?? 0);
 
             // We are applying a multiplicative alpha (which is internally done by nesting an
             // additional container and setting that container's alpha) such that we can
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmap.cs
index b06b60e6c5..a655186986 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmap.cs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
         {
             base.Selected();
 
-            Header.MoveToX(-50, 500, Easing.OutExpo);
+            MovementContainer.MoveToX(-50, 500, Easing.OutExpo);
 
             background.Colour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(
                 new Color4(20, 43, 51, 255),
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
         {
             base.Deselected();
 
-            Header.MoveToX(0, 500, Easing.OutExpo);
+            MovementContainer.MoveToX(0, 500, Easing.OutExpo);
 
             background.Colour = new Color4(20, 43, 51, 255);
             triangles.Colour = OsuColour.Gray(0.5f);