diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/HitObjectLifetimeEntry.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/HitObjectLifetimeEntry.cs
index 0181d6241b..0d1eb68f07 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/HitObjectLifetimeEntry.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/HitObjectLifetimeEntry.cs
@@ -45,23 +45,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects
         // This method is called even if `start == LifetimeStart` when `KeepAlive` is true (necessary to update `realLifetimeStart`).
         protected override void SetLifetimeStart(double start)
         {
-            // This assignment cannot be done in `SetLifetime` because otherwise setting only `LifetimeStart` will make `realLifetimeEnd` to be lost.
             realLifetimeStart = start;
-            base.SetLifetimeStart(start);
+            if (!keepAlive)
+                base.SetLifetimeStart(start);
         }
 
         protected override void SetLifetimeEnd(double end)
         {
             realLifetimeEnd = end;
-            base.SetLifetimeEnd(end);
-        }
-
-        protected override void SetLifetime(double start, double end)
-        {
-            if (keepAlive)
-                base.SetLifetime(double.MinValue, double.MaxValue);
-            else
-                base.SetLifetime(start, end);
+            if (!keepAlive)
+                base.SetLifetimeEnd(end);
         }
 
         private bool keepAlive;
@@ -77,7 +70,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects
                     return;
 
                 keepAlive = value;
-                SetLifetime(realLifetimeStart, realLifetimeEnd);
+                if (keepAlive)
+                    SetLifetime(double.MinValue, double.MaxValue);
+                else
+                    SetLifetime(realLifetimeStart, realLifetimeEnd);
             }
         }