diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessorTests.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessorTests.cs
index f766faec9a..da46392e4b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessorTests.cs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
             AddStep("Run background processor", () => Add(new TestBackgroundDataStoreProcessor()));
 
             AddUntilStep("Score version upgraded", () => Realm.Run(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(scoreInfo.ID)!.TotalScoreVersion), () => Is.EqualTo(LegacyScoreEncoder.LATEST_VERSION));
-            AddAssert("Score not marked as failed", () => Realm.Run(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(scoreInfo.ID)!.TotalScoreUpgradeFailed), () => Is.False);
+            AddAssert("Score not marked as failed", () => Realm.Run(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(scoreInfo.ID)!.BackgroundReprocessingFailed), () => Is.False);
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Database
 
             AddStep("Run background processor", () => Add(new TestBackgroundDataStoreProcessor()));
 
-            AddUntilStep("Score marked as failed", () => Realm.Run(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(scoreInfo.ID)!.TotalScoreUpgradeFailed), () => Is.True);
+            AddUntilStep("Score marked as failed", () => Realm.Run(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(scoreInfo.ID)!.BackgroundReprocessingFailed), () => Is.True);
             AddAssert("Score version not upgraded", () => Realm.Run(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(scoreInfo.ID)!.TotalScoreVersion), () => Is.EqualTo(30000002));
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs b/osu.Game/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
index ae9e9527de..f29b100ee8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
             realmAccess.Run(r =>
             {
-                foreach (var score in r.All<ScoreInfo>().Where(s => !s.TotalScoreUpgradeFailed))
+                foreach (var score in r.All<ScoreInfo>().Where(s => !s.BackgroundReprocessingFailed))
                 {
                     if (score.BeatmapInfo != null
                         && score.Statistics.Sum(kvp => kvp.Value) > 0
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     Logger.Log(@$"Failed to populate maximum statistics for {id}: {e}");
-                    realmAccess.Write(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(id)!.TotalScoreUpgradeFailed = true);
+                    realmAccess.Write(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(id)!.BackgroundReprocessingFailed = true);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
             Logger.Log("Querying for scores that need total score conversion...");
 
             HashSet<Guid> scoreIds = realmAccess.Run(r => new HashSet<Guid>(r.All<ScoreInfo>()
-                                                                             .Where(s => !s.TotalScoreUpgradeFailed && s.BeatmapInfo != null && s.TotalScoreVersion == 30000002)
+                                                                             .Where(s => !s.BackgroundReprocessingFailed && s.BeatmapInfo != null && s.TotalScoreVersion == 30000002)
                                                                              .AsEnumerable().Select(s => s.ID)));
 
             Logger.Log($"Found {scoreIds.Count} scores which require total score conversion.");
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     Logger.Log($"Failed to convert total score for {id}: {e}");
-                    realmAccess.Write(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(id)!.TotalScoreUpgradeFailed = true);
+                    realmAccess.Write(r => r.Find<ScoreInfo>(id)!.BackgroundReprocessingFailed = true);
                     ++failedCount;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
index 526c4217ef..2efea2105c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring
         public long? LegacyTotalScore { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// If an reprocess of total score failed to update this score to the latest version, this flag will become <c>true</c>.
-        /// Should be used to ensure we don't repeatedly attempt to update the same scores each startup even though we already know they will fail.
+        /// If background processing of this beatmap failed in some way, this flag will become <c>true</c>.
+        /// Should be used to ensure we don't repeatedly attempt to reprocess the same scores each startup even though we already know they will fail.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>
         /// See https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/24301 for one example of how this can occur (missing beatmap file on disk).
         /// </remarks>
-        public bool TotalScoreUpgradeFailed { get; set; }
+        public bool BackgroundReprocessingFailed { get; set; }
 
         public int MaxCombo { get; set; }