diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenWithBeatmapBackground.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenWithBeatmapBackground.cs
index d6c8a0ad6a..a5d1961bd8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenWithBeatmapBackground.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/ScreenWithBeatmapBackground.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // 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.
 
-#nullable disable
-
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using osu.Framework.Screens;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Backgrounds;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
     {
         protected override BackgroundScreen CreateBackground() => new BackgroundScreenBeatmap(Beatmap.Value);
 
-        public void ApplyToBackground(Action<BackgroundScreenBeatmap> action) => base.ApplyToBackground(b => action.Invoke((BackgroundScreenBeatmap)b));
+        public void ApplyToBackground(Action<BackgroundScreenBeatmap> action)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(this.IsCurrentScreen());
+
+            base.ApplyToBackground(b => action.Invoke((BackgroundScreenBeatmap)b));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
index 8546dfeeaa..8a9a20261e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
@@ -765,14 +765,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
         /// <param name="beatmap">The working beatmap.</param>
         private void updateComponentFromBeatmap(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
         {
-            ApplyToBackground(backgroundModeBeatmap =>
+            // If not the current screen, this will be applied in OnResuming.
+            if (this.IsCurrentScreen())
             {
-                backgroundModeBeatmap.Beatmap = beatmap;
-                backgroundModeBeatmap.IgnoreUserSettings.Value = true;
-                backgroundModeBeatmap.FadeColour(Color4.White, 250);
+                ApplyToBackground(backgroundModeBeatmap =>
+                {
+                    backgroundModeBeatmap.Beatmap = beatmap;
+                    backgroundModeBeatmap.IgnoreUserSettings.Value = true;
+                    backgroundModeBeatmap.FadeColour(Color4.White, 250);
 
-                applyBlurToBackground(backgroundModeBeatmap);
-            });
+                    applyBlurToBackground(backgroundModeBeatmap);
+                });
+            }
 
             beatmapInfoWedge.Beatmap = beatmap;