diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs
index 45557aa5ec..d222aec6b3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         {
             Logger.Log($"Creating full EF database backup at {backupFilename}", LoggingTarget.Database);
 
-            using (var source = storage.GetStream(DATABASE_NAME))
+            using (var source = storage.GetStream(DATABASE_NAME, mode: FileMode.Open))
             using (var destination = storage.GetStream(backupFilename, FileAccess.Write, FileMode.CreateNew))
                 source.CopyTo(destination);
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs b/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
index de7e3020c6..bd47920f82 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        using (var source = storage.GetStream(Filename))
+                        using (var source = storage.GetStream(Filename, mode: FileMode.Open))
                         using (var destination = storage.GetStream(backupFilename, FileAccess.Write, FileMode.CreateNew))
                             source.CopyTo(destination);
                         return;