diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
index 6fc8039413..bcd4baa818 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
 
         protected override BackgroundScreen CreateBackground() => background;
 
+        protected override bool PlayExitSound => false;
+
         private Bindable<double> holdDelay;
         private Bindable<bool> loginDisplayed;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
index 77db1285bd..e742a2821f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
 
         private Sample sampleExit;
 
-        protected virtual bool PlayResumeSound => true;
+        protected virtual bool PlayExitSound => true;
 
         public virtual float BackgroundParallaxAmount => 1;
 
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
 
         public override void OnResuming(ScreenTransitionEvent e)
         {
-            if (PlayResumeSound)
-                sampleExit?.Play();
-
             applyArrivingDefaults(true);
 
             // it's feasible to resume to a screen if the target screen never loaded successfully.
@@ -215,6 +212,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
 
         public override bool OnExiting(ScreenExitEvent e)
         {
+            if (PlayExitSound)
+                sampleExit?.Play();
+
             if (ValidForResume && logo != null)
                 onExitingLogo();
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerLoader.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerLoader.cs
index d75466764d..b7b3c6fde1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerLoader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerLoader.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         // We show the previous screen status
         protected override UserActivity? InitialActivity => null;
 
-        protected override bool PlayResumeSound => false;
+        protected override bool PlayExitSound => false;
 
         protected BeatmapMetadataDisplay MetadataInfo { get; private set; } = null!;