diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
index 0b611bfe8f..afa411a15b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             // By this point, the metadata in SkinInfo will be correct.
             // Regardless of whether this is an import or not, let's write the skin.ini if non-existing or non-matching.
             // This is (weirdly) done inside ComputeHash to avoid adding a new method to handle this case. After switching to realm it can be moved into another place.
-            if (skinIniSourcedName != item.Name)
+            if (instance is LegacySkin && skinIniSourcedName != item.Name)
                 updateSkinIniMetadata(item);
 
             return base.ComputeHash(item, reader);