diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests/TestSceneCursorTrail.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests/TestSceneCursorTrail.cs
index afb0246b21..4db66fde4b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests/TestSceneCursorTrail.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Tests/TestSceneCursorTrail.cs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public void TestLegacySmoothCursorTrail()
         {
             createTest(() =>
             {
-                var skinContainer = new LegacySkinContainer(renderer, false);
+                var skinContainer = new LegacySkinContainer(renderer, provideMiddle: false);
                 var legacyCursorTrail = new LegacyCursorTrail(skinContainer);
 
                 skinContainer.Child = legacyCursorTrail;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public void TestLegacyDisjointCursorTrail()
         {
             createTest(() =>
             {
-                var skinContainer = new LegacySkinContainer(renderer, true);
+                var skinContainer = new LegacySkinContainer(renderer, provideMiddle: true);
                 var legacyCursorTrail = new LegacyCursorTrail(skinContainer);
 
                 skinContainer.Child = legacyCursorTrail;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public void TestLegacyDisjointCursorTrailViaNoCursor()
         {
             createTest(() =>
             {
-                var skinContainer = new LegacySkinContainer(renderer, false, false);
+                var skinContainer = new LegacySkinContainer(renderer, provideMiddle: false, provideCursor: false);
                 var legacyCursorTrail = new LegacyCursorTrail(skinContainer);
 
                 skinContainer.Child = legacyCursorTrail;
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ private void createTest(Func<Drawable> createContent) => AddStep("create trail",
         private partial class LegacySkinContainer : Container, ISkinSource
         {
             private readonly IRenderer renderer;
-            private readonly bool disjoint;
+            private readonly bool provideMiddle;
             private readonly bool provideCursor;
 
-            public LegacySkinContainer(IRenderer renderer, bool disjoint, bool provideCursor = true)
+            public LegacySkinContainer(IRenderer renderer, bool provideMiddle, bool provideCursor = true)
             {
                 this.renderer = renderer;
-                this.disjoint = disjoint;
+                this.provideMiddle = provideMiddle;
                 this.provideCursor = provideCursor;
 
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public Texture GetTexture(string componentName, WrapMode wrapModeS, WrapMode wra
                         return new Texture(renderer.WhitePixel);
 
                     case "cursormiddle":
-                        return disjoint ? null : renderer.WhitePixel;
+                        return provideMiddle ? null : renderer.WhitePixel;
                 }
 
                 return null;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyCursorTrail.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyCursorTrail.cs
index da52956719..ca0002d8c0 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyCursorTrail.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyCursorTrail.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ private void load(OsuConfigManager config, ISkinSource skinSource)
 
             Texture = skin.GetTexture("cursortrail");
 
+            // Cursor and cursor trail components are sourced from potentially different skin sources.
+            // Stable always chooses cursor trail disjoint behaviour based on the cursor texture lookup source, so we need to fetch where that occurred.
+            // See https://github.com/peppy/osu-stable-reference/blob/3ea48705eb67172c430371dcfc8a16a002ed0d3d/osu!/Graphics/Skinning/SkinManager.cs#L269
             var cursorProvider = skinSource.FindProvider(s => s.GetTexture("cursor") != null);
             DisjointTrail = cursorProvider?.GetTexture("cursormiddle") == null;