diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Connections/FollowPointRenderer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Connections/FollowPointRenderer.cs
index 4d73e711bb..11571ea761 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Connections/FollowPointRenderer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/Connections/FollowPointRenderer.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables.Connections
         private void addConnection(FollowPointConnection connection)
         {
             // Groups are sorted by their start time when added such that the index can be used to post-process other surrounding connections
-            int index = connections.AddInPlace(connection, Comparer<FollowPointConnection>.Create((g1, g2) => g1.StartTime.Value.CompareTo(g2.StartTime.Value)));
+            int index = connections.AddInPlace(connection, Comparer<FollowPointConnection>.Create((g1, g2) =>
+            {
+                int comp = g1.StartTime.Value.CompareTo(g2.StartTime.Value);
+
+                if (comp != 0)
+                    return comp;
+
+                // we always want to insert the new item after equal ones.
+                // this is important for beatmaps with multiple hitobjects at the same point in time.
+                // if we use standard comparison insert order, there will be a churn of connections getting re-updated to
+                // the next object at the point-in-time, adding a construction/disposal overhead (see FollowPointConnection.End implementation's ClearInternal).
+                // this is easily visible on https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/150945#osu/372245
+                return -1;
+            }));
 
             if (index < connections.Count - 1)
             {