diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs
index bb3fe7db06..e49d72ef33 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapProcessor.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
 {
     public class OsuBeatmapProcessor : BeatmapProcessor
     {
-        private const int stack_distance = 3;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The maximum distance between the end of one object and the start of another
+        /// which allows the objects to be stacked on top of another.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const int STACK_DISTANCE = 3;
 
         public OsuBeatmapProcessor(IBeatmap beatmap)
             : base(beatmap)
@@ -93,8 +97,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                             // We are no longer within stacking range of the next object.
                             break;
 
-                        if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(stackBaseObject.Position, objectN.Position) < stack_distance
-                            || (stackBaseObject is Slider && Vector2Extensions.Distance(stackBaseObject.EndPosition, objectN.Position) < stack_distance))
+                        if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(stackBaseObject.Position, objectN.Position) < STACK_DISTANCE
+                            || (stackBaseObject is Slider && Vector2Extensions.Distance(stackBaseObject.EndPosition, objectN.Position) < STACK_DISTANCE))
                         {
                             stackBaseIndex = n;
 
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                          *        o <- hitCircle has stack of -1
                          *         o <- hitCircle has stack of -2
                          */
-                        if (objectN is Slider && Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.EndPosition, objectI.Position) < stack_distance)
+                        if (objectN is Slider && Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.EndPosition, objectI.Position) < STACK_DISTANCE)
                         {
                             int offset = objectI.StackHeight - objectN.StackHeight + 1;
 
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                             {
                                 // For each object which was declared under this slider, we will offset it to appear *below* the slider end (rather than above).
                                 OsuHitObject objectJ = hitObjects[j];
-                                if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.EndPosition, objectJ.Position) < stack_distance)
+                                if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.EndPosition, objectJ.Position) < STACK_DISTANCE)
                                     objectJ.StackHeight -= offset;
                             }
 
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                             break;
                         }
 
-                        if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.Position, objectI.Position) < stack_distance)
+                        if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.Position, objectI.Position) < STACK_DISTANCE)
                         {
                             // Keep processing as if there are no sliders.  If we come across a slider, this gets cancelled out.
                             //NOTE: Sliders with start positions stacking are a special case that is also handled here.
@@ -204,7 +208,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                             // We are no longer within stacking range of the previous object.
                             break;
 
-                        if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.EndPosition, objectI.Position) < stack_distance)
+                        if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(objectN.EndPosition, objectI.Position) < STACK_DISTANCE)
                         {
                             objectN.StackHeight = objectI.StackHeight + 1;
                             objectI = objectN;
@@ -245,12 +249,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                     // Effects of this can be seen on https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/243#osu/1146 at sliders around 86647 ms, where
                     // if we use `EndTime` here it would result in unexpected stacking.
 
-                    if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(hitObjects[j].Position, currHitObject.Position) < stack_distance)
+                    if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(hitObjects[j].Position, currHitObject.Position) < STACK_DISTANCE)
                     {
                         currHitObject.StackHeight++;
                         startTime = hitObjects[j].StartTime;
                     }
-                    else if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(hitObjects[j].Position, position2) < stack_distance)
+                    else if (Vector2Extensions.Distance(hitObjects[j].Position, position2) < STACK_DISTANCE)
                     {
                         // Case for sliders - bump notes down and right, rather than up and left.
                         sliderStack++;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuDistanceSnapProvider.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuDistanceSnapProvider.cs
index 45ce3206d2..6be60e4554 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuDistanceSnapProvider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuDistanceSnapProvider.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using osu.Game.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Types;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects;
 using osuTK;
 
@@ -16,10 +17,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
     {
         public override double ReadCurrentDistanceSnap(HitObject before, HitObject after)
         {
+            // If the pair of hit objects in question here could feasibly be on the same stack, do not provide a distance snap value -
+            // they're likely too close to one another for the distance snap value to be useful anyway even if they somehow are not.
+            if (Vector2.Distance(((OsuHitObject)before).EndPosition, ((OsuHitObject)after).Position) < OsuBeatmapProcessor.STACK_DISTANCE)
+                return 0;
+
             var lastObjectWithVelocity = EditorBeatmap.HitObjects.TakeWhile(ho => ho != after).OfType<IHasSliderVelocity>().LastOrDefault();
 
             float expectedDistance = DurationToDistance(after.StartTime - before.GetEndTime(), before.StartTime, lastObjectWithVelocity);
-            float actualDistance = Vector2.Distance(((OsuHitObject)before).EndPosition, ((OsuHitObject)after).Position);
+            float actualDistance = Vector2.Distance(((OsuHitObject)before).StackedEndPosition, ((OsuHitObject)after).StackedPosition);
 
             return actualDistance / expectedDistance;
         }