diff --git a/osu.Game/IO/MigratableStorage.cs b/osu.Game/IO/MigratableStorage.cs
index 14a3c5a43c..d03d259f71 100644
--- a/osu.Game/IO/MigratableStorage.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/IO/MigratableStorage.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
+using osu.Game.Utils;
 
 namespace osu.Game.IO
 {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.IO
                 if (IgnoreSuffixes.Any(suffix => fi.Name.EndsWith(suffix, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
                     continue;
 
-                allFilesDeleted &= AttemptOperation(() => fi.Delete(), throwOnFailure: false);
+                allFilesDeleted &= FileUtils.AttemptOperation(() => fi.Delete(), throwOnFailure: false);
             }
 
             foreach (DirectoryInfo dir in target.GetDirectories())
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.IO
                 if (IgnoreSuffixes.Any(suffix => dir.Name.EndsWith(suffix, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
                     continue;
 
-                allFilesDeleted &= AttemptOperation(() => dir.Delete(true), throwOnFailure: false);
+                allFilesDeleted &= FileUtils.AttemptOperation(() => dir.Delete(true), throwOnFailure: false);
             }
 
             if (target.GetFiles().Length == 0 && target.GetDirectories().Length == 0)
-                allFilesDeleted &= AttemptOperation(target.Delete, throwOnFailure: false);
+                allFilesDeleted &= FileUtils.AttemptOperation(target.Delete, throwOnFailure: false);
 
             return allFilesDeleted;
         }
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.IO
                 if (IgnoreSuffixes.Any(suffix => fileInfo.Name.EndsWith(suffix, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
                     continue;
 
-                AttemptOperation(() =>
+                FileUtils.AttemptOperation(() =>
                 {
                     fileInfo.Refresh();
 
@@ -139,35 +139,5 @@ namespace osu.Game.IO
                 CopyRecursive(dir, destination.CreateSubdirectory(dir.Name), false);
             }
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Attempt an IO operation multiple times and only throw if none of the attempts succeed.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="action">The action to perform.</param>
-        /// <param name="attempts">The number of attempts (250ms wait between each).</param>
-        /// <param name="throwOnFailure">Whether to throw an exception on failure. If <c>false</c>, will silently fail.</param>
-        protected static bool AttemptOperation(Action action, int attempts = 10, bool throwOnFailure = true)
-        {
-            while (true)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    action();
-                    return true;
-                }
-                catch (Exception)
-                {
-                    if (attempts-- == 0)
-                    {
-                        if (throwOnFailure)
-                            throw;
-
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                Thread.Sleep(250);
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/General/UpdateSettings.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/General/UpdateSettings.cs
index 3ff5556f4d..fe88413e6a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/General/UpdateSettings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/General/UpdateSettings.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.Maintenance;
 using osu.Game.Updater;
+using osu.Game.Utils;
 using SharpCompress.Archives.Zip;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.General
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.General
                 using (var outStream = storage.CreateFileSafely(archive_filename))
                 using (var zip = ZipArchive.Create())
                 {
-                    foreach (string? f in logStorage.GetFiles(string.Empty, "*.log")) zip.AddEntry(f, logStorage.GetStream(f), true);
+                    foreach (string? f in logStorage.GetFiles(string.Empty, "*.log"))
+                        FileUtils.AttemptOperation(z => z.AddEntry(f, logStorage.GetStream(f), true), zip);
 
                     zip.SaveTo(outStream);
                 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Utils/FileUtils.cs b/osu.Game/Utils/FileUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..063ab178f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Utils/FileUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Utils
+{
+    public static class FileUtils
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Attempt an IO operation multiple times and only throw if none of the attempts succeed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="action">The action to perform.</param>
+        /// <param name="state">The provided state.</param>
+        /// <param name="attempts">The number of attempts (250ms wait between each).</param>
+        /// <param name="throwOnFailure">Whether to throw an exception on failure. If <c>false</c>, will silently fail.</param>
+        public static bool AttemptOperation<T>(Action<T> action, T state, int attempts = 10, bool throwOnFailure = true)
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    action(state);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                    if (attempts-- == 0)
+                    {
+                        if (throwOnFailure)
+                            throw;
+
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Thread.Sleep(250);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Attempt an IO operation multiple times and only throw if none of the attempts succeed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="action">The action to perform.</param>
+        /// <param name="attempts">The number of attempts (250ms wait between each).</param>
+        /// <param name="throwOnFailure">Whether to throw an exception on failure. If <c>false</c>, will silently fail.</param>
+        public static bool AttemptOperation(Action action, int attempts = 10, bool throwOnFailure = true)
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    action();
+                    return true;
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                    if (attempts-- == 0)
+                    {
+                        if (throwOnFailure)
+                            throw;
+
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Thread.Sleep(250);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}