diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmapTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmapTest.cs
index 02e4a87a7a..6ad63a5fbb 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmapTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmapTest.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Moq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
@@ -62,6 +63,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps
             working.ResetEvent.Set();
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestGetPlayableRulesetLoadFailure()
+        {
+            var working = new TestWorkingBeatmap(new Beatmap());
+
+            // by default mocks return nulls if not set up, which is actually desired here to simulate a ruleset load failure scenario.
+            var ruleset = new Mock<IRulesetInfo>();
+
+            Assert.Throws<RulesetLoadException>(() => working.GetPlayableBeatmap(ruleset.Object));
+        }
+
         public class TestNeverLoadsWorkingBeatmap : TestWorkingBeatmap
         {
             public ManualResetEventSlim ResetEvent = new ManualResetEventSlim();