diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/DistanceObjectPatternGenerator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/DistanceObjectPatternGenerator.cs
index a09ef6d5b6..d03eb0b3c9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/DistanceObjectPatternGenerator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Beatmaps/Patterns/Legacy/DistanceObjectPatternGenerator.cs
@@ -483,12 +483,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Beatmaps.Patterns.Legacy
             if (!(HitObject is IHasPathWithRepeats curveData))
                 return null;
 
-            // mathematically speaking this could be done by calculating (time - HitObject.StartTime) / SegmentDuration
-            // however, floating-point operations can introduce inaccuracies - therefore resort to iterated addition
-            // (all callers use this method to calculate repeat point times, so this way is consistent and deterministic)
-            int index = 0;
-            for (double nodeTime = HitObject.StartTime; nodeTime < time; nodeTime += SegmentDuration)
-                index += 1;
+            // mathematically speaking this should be a whole number always, but floating-point arithmetic is not so kind
+            var index = (int)Math.Round(SegmentDuration == 0 ? 0 : (time - HitObject.StartTime) / SegmentDuration, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
 
             // avoid slicing the list & creating copies, if at all possible.
             return index == 0 ? curveData.NodeSamples : curveData.NodeSamples.Skip(index).ToList();