diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/Sliders/Components/PathControlPointVisualiser.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/Sliders/Components/PathControlPointVisualiser.cs
index aae6275d45..a02a07f2b6 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/Sliders/Components/PathControlPointVisualiser.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/Sliders/Components/PathControlPointVisualiser.cs
@@ -72,10 +72,27 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit.Blueprints.Sliders.Components
             };
 
             hitObjectVersion = hitObject.Path.Version.GetBoundCopy();
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+
+            inputManager = GetContainingInputManager();
+
+            controlPoints.CollectionChanged += onControlPointsChanged;
+            controlPoints.BindTo(hitObject.Path.ControlPoints);
 
             // schedule ensure that updates are only applied after all operations from a single frame are applied.
             // this avoids inadvertently changing the hit object path type for batch operations.
-            hitObjectVersion.BindValueChanged(_ => Scheduler.AddOnce(cachePointsAndEnsureValidPathTypes));
+            hitObject.Path.Validating += cachePointsAndEnsureValidPathTypes;
+        }
+
+        protected override void Dispose(bool isDisposing)
+        {
+            base.Dispose(isDisposing);
+
+            hitObject.Path.Validating -= cachePointsAndEnsureValidPathTypes;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -88,7 +105,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit.Blueprints.Sliders.Components
             foreach (var controlPoint in controlPoints)
             {
                 if (controlPoint.Type != null)
+                {
+                    pointsInCurrentSegment.Add(controlPoint);
                     pointsInCurrentSegment = new List<PathControlPoint>();
+                }
 
                 pointsInCurrentSegment.Add(controlPoint);
 
@@ -99,13 +119,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit.Blueprints.Sliders.Components
             foreach (var piece in Pieces)
             {
                 if (piece.ControlPoint.Type != PathType.PERFECT_CURVE)
-                    return;
+                    continue;
 
                 if (piece.PointsInSegment.Count > 3)
                     piece.ControlPoint.Type = PathType.BEZIER;
 
                 if (piece.PointsInSegment.Count != 3)
-                    return;
+                    continue;
 
                 ReadOnlySpan<Vector2> points = piece.PointsInSegment.Select(p => p.Position).ToArray();
                 RectangleF boundingBox = PathApproximator.CircularArcBoundingBox(points);
@@ -114,16 +134,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit.Blueprints.Sliders.Components
             }
         }
 
-        protected override void LoadComplete()
-        {
-            base.LoadComplete();
-
-            inputManager = GetContainingInputManager();
-
-            controlPoints.CollectionChanged += onControlPointsChanged;
-            controlPoints.BindTo(hitObject.Path.ControlPoints);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Selects the <see cref="PathControlPointPiece{T}"/> corresponding to the given <paramref name="pathControlPoint"/>,
         /// and deselects all other <see cref="PathControlPointPiece{T}"/>s.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/SliderPath.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/SliderPath.cs
index dc71608132..bafc62ceda 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/SliderPath.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/SliderPath.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects
 
         private readonly Bindable<int> version = new Bindable<int>();
 
+        public event Action? Validating;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The user-set distance of the path. If non-null, <see cref="Distance"/> will match this value,
         /// and the path will be shortened/lengthened to match this length.
@@ -233,6 +235,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects
             if (pathCache.IsValid)
                 return;
 
+            Validating?.Invoke();
+
             calculatePath();
             calculateLength();