diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs b/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
index 7074c89b84..16ff766ea4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
             HashSet<Guid> scoreIds = realmAccess.Run(r => new HashSet<Guid>(
                 r.All<ScoreInfo>()
-                 .Where(s => s.TotalScoreVersion < 30000013) // last total score version with a significant change to ranks
+                 .Where(s => s.TotalScoreVersion < 30000013 && !s.BackgroundReprocessingFailed) // last total score version with a significant change to ranks
                  .AsEnumerable()
                  // must be done after materialisation, as realm doesn't support
                  // filtering on nested property predicates or projection via `.Select()`