diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
index d916614abd..0ab051f681 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
             }
         }
 
-        private readonly Bindable<RulesetInfo> ruleset = new Bindable<RulesetInfo>();
+        protected readonly Bindable<RulesetInfo> Ruleset = new Bindable<RulesetInfo>();
 
         private SampleChannel sampleExit;
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
             }
 
             if (osuGame != null)
-                ruleset.BindTo(osuGame.Ruleset);
+                Ruleset.BindTo(osuGame.Ruleset);
 
             sampleExit = audio.Sample.Get(@"UI/melodic-1");
         }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
             {
                 // we only want to apply these restrictions when we are inside a screen stack.
                 // the use case for not applying is in visual/unit tests.
-                ruleset.Disabled = !AllowBeatmapRulesetChange;
+                Ruleset.Disabled = !AllowBeatmapRulesetChange;
                 Beatmap.Disabled = !AllowBeatmapRulesetChange;
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
index 286045b5d3..867b1e60c0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 {
     public abstract class SongSelect : OsuScreen
     {
-        protected readonly Bindable<RulesetInfo> Ruleset = new Bindable<RulesetInfo>();
         private BeatmapDatabase database;
         protected override BackgroundScreen CreateBackground() => new BackgroundScreenBeatmap();
 
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             }
             else
             {
-                ruleset.Value = beatmap.Ruleset;
+                Ruleset.Value = beatmap.Ruleset;
 
                 if (beatmap.BeatmapSetInfoID == beatmapNoDebounce?.BeatmapSetInfoID)
                     sampleChangeDifficulty.Play();