diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingHitObjectContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingHitObjectContainer.cs
index 44732f490b..6740fcf03d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingHitObjectContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingHitObjectContainer.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
             }
         }
 
-        private void onHitObjectUsageBegin(DrawableHitObject hitObject)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Make this <see cref="DrawableHitObject"/> lifetime and layout computed in next update.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void InvalidateHitObject(DrawableHitObject hitObject)
         {
             // Lifetime computation is delayed until next update because
             // when the hit object is not pooled this container is not loaded here and `scrollLength` cannot be computed.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingPlayfield.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingPlayfield.cs
index 9dac3f4de1..8aba896b34 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingPlayfield.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/UI/Scrolling/ScrollingPlayfield.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
     {
         protected readonly IBindable<ScrollingDirection> Direction = new Bindable<ScrollingDirection>();
 
+        public new ScrollingHitObjectContainer HitObjectContainer => (ScrollingHitObjectContainer)base.HitObjectContainer;
+
         [Resolved]
         protected IScrollingInfo ScrollingInfo { get; private set; }
 
@@ -24,17 +26,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling
             Direction.BindTo(ScrollingInfo.Direction);
         }
 
+        protected override void OnNewDrawableHitObject(DrawableHitObject drawableHitObject)
+        {
+            drawableHitObject.HitObjectApplied += d => HitObjectContainer.InvalidateHitObject(d);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Given a position in screen space, return the time within this column.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual double TimeAtScreenSpacePosition(Vector2 screenSpacePosition) =>
-            ((ScrollingHitObjectContainer)HitObjectContainer).TimeAtScreenSpacePosition(screenSpacePosition);
+        public virtual double TimeAtScreenSpacePosition(Vector2 screenSpacePosition) => HitObjectContainer.TimeAtScreenSpacePosition(screenSpacePosition);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Given a time, return the screen space position within this column.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual Vector2 ScreenSpacePositionAtTime(double time)
-            => ((ScrollingHitObjectContainer)HitObjectContainer).ScreenSpacePositionAtTime(time);
+        public virtual Vector2 ScreenSpacePositionAtTime(double time) => HitObjectContainer.ScreenSpacePositionAtTime(time);
 
         protected sealed override HitObjectContainer CreateHitObjectContainer() => new ScrollingHitObjectContainer();
     }