diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuDifficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuDifficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
index d06518df53..1624b936c8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuDifficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuDifficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.OsuDifficulty.Preprocessing
                 }
             });
 
-            var scoringTimes = slider.NestedHitObjects.Select(t => t.StartTime);
+            // Skip the head circle
+            var scoringTimes = slider.NestedHitObjects.Skip(1).Select(t => t.StartTime);
             foreach (var time in scoringTimes)
                 computeVertex(time);
             computeVertex(slider.EndTime);