diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 193f6fe61b..1147f67ad2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ namespace osu.Game
             dependencies.Cache(SkinManager = new SkinManager(Storage, contextFactory, Host, Audio, new NamespacedResourceStore<byte[]>(Resources, "Skins/Legacy")));
             dependencies.CacheAs<ISkinSource>(SkinManager);
 
+            // needs to be done here rather than inside SkinManager to ensure thread safety of CurrentSkinInfo.
+            SkinManager.ItemRemoved.BindValueChanged(weakRemovedInfo =>
+            {
+                if (weakRemovedInfo.NewValue.TryGetTarget(out var removedInfo))
+                {
+                    // check the removed skin is not the current user choice. if it is, switch back to default.
+                    if (removedInfo.ID == SkinManager.CurrentSkinInfo.Value.ID)
+                        Schedule(() => SkinManager.CurrentSkinInfo.Value = SkinInfo.Default);
+                }
+            });
+
             dependencies.CacheAs(API ??= new APIAccess(LocalConfig));
 
             dependencies.CacheAs(spectatorStreaming = new SpectatorStreamingClient());
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
index bef3e86a4d..9b69a1eecd 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinManager.cs
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             this.audio = audio;
             this.legacyDefaultResources = legacyDefaultResources;
 
-            ItemRemoved.BindValueChanged(weakRemovedInfo =>
-            {
-                if (weakRemovedInfo.NewValue.TryGetTarget(out var removedInfo))
-                {
-                    // check the removed skin is not the current user choice. if it is, switch back to default.
-                    if (removedInfo.ID == CurrentSkinInfo.Value.ID)
-                        CurrentSkinInfo.Value = SkinInfo.Default;
-                }
-            });
-
             CurrentSkinInfo.ValueChanged += skin => CurrentSkin.Value = GetSkin(skin.NewValue);
             CurrentSkin.ValueChanged += skin =>
             {