diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/IntroScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/IntroScreen.cs
index e02066560d..159340a4d7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/IntroScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/IntroScreen.cs
@@ -123,11 +123,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
                     // this could happen if a user has nuked their files store. for now, reimport to repair this.
                     var import = beatmaps.Import(new ZipArchiveReader(game.Resources.GetStream($"Tracks/{BeatmapFile}"), BeatmapFile)).GetResultSafely();
 
-                    import?.PerformWrite(b =>
-                    {
-                        b.Protected = true;
-                        beatmaps.Update(b);
-                    });
+                    import?.PerformWrite(b => b.Protected = true);
 
                     loadThemedIntro();
                 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Stores/RealmArchiveModelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Stores/RealmArchiveModelManager.cs
index 00fc5bbb6f..7c6f25055f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Stores/RealmArchiveModelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Stores/RealmArchiveModelManager.cs
@@ -202,8 +202,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Stores
 
         public abstract bool IsAvailableLocally(TModel model);
 
-        public void Update(TModel skin)
+        public void Update(TModel model)
         {
+            using (var realm = ContextFactory.CreateContext())
+            {
+                var existing = realm.Find<TModel>(model.ID);
+                realm.Write(r => model.CopyChangesToRealm(existing));
+            }
         }
     }
 }