diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs
index ad203d2107..2f5b4a13d9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoderTest.cs
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
             {
                 var hitObjects = decoder.Decode(stream).HitObjects;
 
-                Assert.AreEqual("hitnormal", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[0]).Name);
-                Assert.AreEqual("hitnormal", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[1]).Name);
-                Assert.AreEqual("hitnormal2", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[2]).Name);
-                Assert.AreEqual("hitnormal", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[3]).Name);
+                Assert.AreEqual("normal-hitnormal", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[0]).LookupNames.First());
+                Assert.AreEqual("normal-hitnormal", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[1]).LookupNames.First());
+                Assert.AreEqual("normal-hitnormal2", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[2]).LookupNames.First());
+                Assert.AreEqual("normal-hitnormal", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[3]).LookupNames.First());
             }
 
             SampleInfo getTestableSampleInfo(HitObject hitObject) => hitObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(new SampleInfo { Name = "hitnormal" });
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
 
                 Assert.AreEqual("hit_1.wav", hitObjects[0].Samples[0].LookupNames.First());
                 Assert.AreEqual("hit_2.wav", hitObjects[1].Samples[0].LookupNames.First());
-                Assert.AreEqual("hitnormal2", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[2]).Name);
+                Assert.AreEqual("normal-hitnormal2", getTestableSampleInfo(hitObjects[2]).LookupNames.First());
                 Assert.AreEqual("hit_1.wav", hitObjects[3].Samples[0].LookupNames.First());
             }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Audio/SampleInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Audio/SampleInfo.cs
index 7e329ac651..4345d09e05 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Audio/SampleInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Audio/SampleInfo.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Audio
         /// </summary>
         public string Name;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// An optional suffix to provide priority lookup. Falls back to non-suffixed <see cref="Name"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Suffix;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The sample volume.
         /// </summary>
@@ -42,9 +47,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Audio
             get
             {
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Namespace))
+                {
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Suffix))
+                        yield return $"{Namespace}/{Bank}-{Name}{Suffix}";
                     yield return $"{Namespace}/{Bank}-{Name}";
+                }
 
-                yield return $"{Bank}-{Name}"; // Without namespace as a fallback even when we have a namespace
+                // check non-namespace as a fallback even when we have a namespace
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Suffix))
+                    yield return $"{Bank}-{Name}{Suffix}";
+                yield return $"{Bank}-{Name}";
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
index 22a6acf459..c8874c3bc7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                 var baseInfo = base.ApplyTo(sampleInfo);
 
                 if (CustomSampleBank > 1)
-                    baseInfo.Name += CustomSampleBank;
+                    baseInfo.Suffix = CustomSampleBank.ToString();
 
                 return baseInfo;
             }