diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index 105c8d9623..bbb6c975d0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         private readonly FileStore files;
 
+        private readonly SQLiteConnection connection;
+
         private readonly RulesetStore rulesets;
 
         private readonly BeatmapStore beatmaps;
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
             this.storage = storage;
             this.files = files;
+            this.connection = connection;
             this.rulesets = rulesets;
 
             if (importHost != null)
@@ -141,13 +144,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// <param name="archiveReader">The beatmap to be imported.</param>
         public BeatmapSetInfo Import(ArchiveReader archiveReader)
         {
+            BeatmapSetInfo set = null;
+
             // let's only allow one concurrent import at a time for now.
             lock (importLock)
-            {
-                BeatmapSetInfo set = importToStorage(archiveReader);
-                Import(set);
-                return set;
-            }
+                connection.RunInTransaction(() => Import(set = importToStorage(archiveReader)));
+
+            return set;
         }
 
         /// <summary>