diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
index 71d4693ac6..167ac92874 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
@@ -1286,10 +1286,23 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
                 foreach (var beatmap in rulesetBeatmaps)
                 {
                     bool isCurrentDifficulty = playableBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.Equals(beatmap);
-                    difficultyItems.Add(new DifficultyMenuItem(beatmap, isCurrentDifficulty, SwitchToDifficulty));
+                    var difficultyMenuItem = new DifficultyMenuItem(beatmap, isCurrentDifficulty, SwitchToDifficulty);
+                    difficultyItems.Add(difficultyMenuItem);
                 }
             }
 
+            // Ensure difficulty names are updated when modified in the editor.
+            // Maybe we could trigger less often but this seems to work well enough.
+            editorBeatmap.SaveStateTriggered += () =>
+            {
+                foreach (var beatmapInfo in Beatmap.Value.BeatmapSetInfo.Beatmaps)
+                {
+                    var menuItem = difficultyItems.OfType<DifficultyMenuItem>().FirstOrDefault(i => i.BeatmapInfo.Equals(beatmapInfo));
+                    if (menuItem != null)
+                        menuItem.Text.Value = string.IsNullOrEmpty(beatmapInfo.DifficultyName) ? "(unnamed)" : beatmapInfo.DifficultyName;
+                }
+            };
+
             return new EditorMenuItem(EditorStrings.ChangeDifficulty) { Items = difficultyItems };
         }