diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorTable.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorTable.cs
index e5dc540b06..4d8393e829 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorTable.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorTable.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
 
         protected readonly FillFlowContainer<RowBackground> BackgroundFlow;
 
+        // We can avoid potentially thousands of objects being added to the input sub-tree since item selection is being handled by the BackgroundFlow
+        // and no items in the underlying table are clickable.
+        protected override bool ShouldBeConsideredForInput(Drawable child) => child == BackgroundFlow && base.ShouldBeConsideredForInput(child);
+
         protected EditorTable()
         {
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;