diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyBeatmapExporterTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyBeatmapExporterTest.cs
index 16d2947ce2..af41dc4edd 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyBeatmapExporterTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/IO/LegacyBeatmapExporterTest.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,29 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.IO
                 () => Is.EqualTo(384).Within(0.00001));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestBackgroundSpecificationPreserved()
+        {
+            IWorkingBeatmap beatmap = null!;
+            MemoryStream outStream = null!;
+
+            // Ensure importer encoding is correct
+            AddStep("import beatmap", () => beatmap = importBeatmapFromArchives(@"241526 Soleily - Renatus.osz"));
+            AddAssert("beatmap background is correct", () => beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Metadata.BackgroundFile, () => Is.EqualTo("machinetop_background.jpg"));
+
+            // Ensure exporter legacy conversion is correct
+            AddStep("export", () =>
+            {
+                outStream = new MemoryStream();
+
+                new LegacyBeatmapExporter(LocalStorage)
+                    .ExportToStream((BeatmapSetInfo)beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapSet!, outStream, null);
+            });
+
+            AddStep("import beatmap again", () => beatmap = importBeatmapFromStream(outStream));
+            AddAssert("beatmap background is still correct", () => beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Metadata.BackgroundFile, () => Is.EqualTo("machinetop_background.jpg"));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestExportStability()
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/LegacyBeatmapExporter.cs b/osu.Game/Database/LegacyBeatmapExporter.cs
index beb50ec4c8..aa07057aa8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/LegacyBeatmapExporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/LegacyBeatmapExporter.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
             using var storyboardStreamReader = new LineBufferedReader(storyboardStream);
             var beatmapStoryboard = new LegacyStoryboardDecoder().Decode(storyboardStreamReader);
+            beatmapStoryboard.Beatmap = beatmapContent;
+            beatmapStoryboard.BeatmapInfo = beatmapInfo;
 
             MutateBeatmap(model, playableBeatmap);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Storyboards/Storyboard.cs b/osu.Game/Storyboards/Storyboard.cs
index d3c10aa162..5bee6c8a06 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Storyboards/Storyboard.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Storyboards/Storyboard.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Storyboards
         private readonly Dictionary<string, StoryboardLayer> layers = new Dictionary<string, StoryboardLayer>();
         public IEnumerable<StoryboardLayer> Layers => layers.Values;
 
-        public BeatmapInfo BeatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo();
+        public BeatmapInfo BeatmapInfo { get; set; } = new BeatmapInfo();
         public IBeatmap Beatmap { get; set; } = new Beatmap();
 
         /// <summary>