diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs
index 787559899a..4d698d2c92 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapModelManager.cs
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         {
             var setInfo = beatmapInfo.BeatmapSet;
 
+            beatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CopyFrom(beatmapContent.Difficulty);
+
             using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
             {
                 using (var sw = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, 1024, true))
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
index b8a2d3612e..2ff0101dc0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
@@ -332,8 +332,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
             // no longer new after first user-triggered save.
             isNewBeatmap = false;
 
-            playableBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty.CopyFrom(playableBeatmap.Difficulty);
-
             // apply any set-level metadata changes.
             beatmapManager.Update(playableBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapSet);