diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs
index 10b5ee0133..6823512cef 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/OsuStrainSkill.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
 
         public override double DifficultyValue()
         {
+            double difficulty = 0;
             double weight = 1;
 
             // Sections with 0 strain are excluded to avoid worst-case time complexity of the following sort (e.g. /b/2351871).
@@ -45,8 +46,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
                 strains[i] *= Interpolation.Lerp(ReducedStrainBaseline, 1.0, scale);
             }
 
-            double difficulty = 0;
-
             // Difficulty is the weighted sum of the highest strains from every section.
             // We're sorting from highest to lowest strain.
             foreach (double strain in strains.OrderDescending())