diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs
index 79c1d1a274..ece1a589cd 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.Rooms;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
@@ -42,6 +44,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             // Token request construction should happen post-load to allow derived classes to potentially prepare DI backings that are used to create the request.
             var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
 
+            if (DrawableRuleset.HasReplayLoaded.Value || Mods.Value.Any(m => m is ModAutoplay))
+            {
+                handleTokenFailure(new InvalidOperationException("Replay loaded."));
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if (!api.IsLoggedIn)
             {
                 handleTokenFailure(new InvalidOperationException("API is not online."));