diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSkinEditorNavigation.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSkinEditorNavigation.cs
index 9c180d43da..38fb2846aa 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSkinEditorNavigation.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSkinEditorNavigation.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #nullable disable
 
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
@@ -321,6 +322,30 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Navigation
             AddUntilStep("nested input disabled", () => ((Player)Game.ScreenStack.CurrentScreen).ChildrenOfType<PassThroughInputManager>().All(manager => !manager.UseParentInput));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSkinSavesOnChange()
+        {
+            advanceToSongSelect();
+            openSkinEditor();
+
+            Guid editedSkinId = Guid.Empty;
+            AddStep("save skin id", () => editedSkinId = Game.Dependencies.Get<SkinManager>().CurrentSkinInfo.Value.ID);
+            AddStep("add skinnable component", () =>
+            {
+                skinEditor.ChildrenOfType<SkinComponentToolbox.ToolboxComponentButton>().First().TriggerClick();
+            });
+
+            AddStep("change to triangles skin", () => Game.Dependencies.Get<SkinManager>().SetSkinFromConfiguration(SkinInfo.TRIANGLES_SKIN.ToString()));
+            AddUntilStep("components loaded", () => Game.ChildrenOfType<SkinComponentsContainer>().All(c => c.ComponentsLoaded));
+            // sort of implicitly relies on song select not being skinnable.
+            // TODO: revisit if the above ever changes
+            AddUntilStep("skin changed", () => !skinEditor.ChildrenOfType<SkinBlueprint>().Any());
+
+            AddStep("change back to modified skin", () => Game.Dependencies.Get<SkinManager>().SetSkinFromConfiguration(editedSkinId.ToString()));
+            AddUntilStep("components loaded", () => Game.ChildrenOfType<SkinComponentsContainer>().All(c => c.ComponentsLoaded));
+            AddUntilStep("changes saved", () => skinEditor.ChildrenOfType<SkinBlueprint>().Any());
+        }
+
         private void advanceToSongSelect()
         {
             PushAndConfirm(() => songSelect = new TestPlaySongSelect());
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinEditor.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinEditor.cs
index bc929177d1..690c6b35e3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinEditor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/SkinEditor/SkinEditor.cs
@@ -255,8 +255,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.SkinEditor
             // schedule ensures this only happens when the skin editor is visible.
             // also avoid some weird endless recursion / bindable feedback loop (something to do with tracking skins across three different bindable types).
             // probably something which will be factored out in a future database refactor so not too concerning for now.
-            currentSkin.BindValueChanged(_ =>
+            currentSkin.BindValueChanged(val =>
             {
+                if (val.OldValue != null && hasBegunMutating)
+                    save(val.OldValue);
+
                 hasBegunMutating = false;
                 Scheduler.AddOnce(skinChanged);
             }, true);
@@ -537,7 +540,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.SkinEditor
 
         protected void Redo() => changeHandler?.RestoreState(1);
 
-        public void Save(bool userTriggered = true)
+        public void Save(bool userTriggered = true) => save(currentSkin.Value);
+
+        private void save(Skin skin, bool userTriggered = true)
         {
             if (!hasBegunMutating)
                 return;
@@ -551,11 +556,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.SkinEditor
                 return;
 
             foreach (var t in targetContainers)
-                currentSkin.Value.UpdateDrawableTarget(t);
+                skin.UpdateDrawableTarget(t);
 
             // In the case the save was user triggered, always show the save message to make them feel confident.
-            if (skins.Save(skins.CurrentSkin.Value) || userTriggered)
-                onScreenDisplay?.Display(new SkinEditorToast(ToastStrings.SkinSaved, currentSkin.Value.SkinInfo.ToString() ?? "Unknown"));
+            if (skins.Save(skin) || userTriggered)
+                onScreenDisplay?.Display(new SkinEditorToast(ToastStrings.SkinSaved, skin.SkinInfo.ToString() ?? "Unknown"));
         }
 
         protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e) => true;