diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
index b759619c06..c591dac36f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource.cs
@@ -238,12 +238,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             });
         }
 
-        public int GetCacheVersion()
+        public bool IsAtLeastVersion(int version)
         {
-            using (var connection = getConnection())
+            try
             {
-                connection.Open();
-                return getCacheVersion(connection);
+                using (var connection = getConnection())
+                {
+                    connection.Open();
+                    return getCacheVersion(connection) >= version;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (SqliteException ex) when (ex.SqliteErrorCode == 26 || ex.SqliteErrorCode == 11) // SQLITE_NOTADB, SQLITE_CORRUPT
+            {
+                // if the database is corrupted then return `false` as the consumer may want to just refetch the db themselves
+                return false;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs b/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
index 23ae6b7351..b63c1e2888 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/BackgroundDataStoreProcessor.cs
@@ -72,12 +72,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         [Resolved]
         private OsuConfigManager config { get; set; } = null!;
 
+        private LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource localMetadataSource = null!;
+
         protected virtual int TimeToSleepDuringGameplay => 30000;
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
+            localMetadataSource = new LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource(storage);
+
             ProcessingTask = Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
             {
                 Logger.Log("Beginning background data store processing..");
@@ -532,8 +536,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
         private void backpopulateMissingSubmissionAndRankDates()
         {
-            var localMetadataSource = new LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource(storage);
-
             if (!localMetadataSource.Available)
             {
                 Logger.Log("Cannot backpopulate missing submission/rank dates because the local metadata cache is missing.");
@@ -542,7 +544,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
             try
             {
-                if (localMetadataSource.GetCacheVersion() < 2)
+                if (!localMetadataSource.IsAtLeastVersion(2))
                 {
                     Logger.Log("Cannot backpopulate missing submission/rank dates because the local metadata cache is too old.");
                     return;
@@ -630,14 +632,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
         private void backpopulateUserTags()
         {
-            var localMetadataSource = new LocalCachedBeatmapMetadataSource(storage);
-
-            if (!localMetadataSource.Available || localMetadataSource.GetCacheVersion() < 3)
+            if (!localMetadataSource.Available || !localMetadataSource.IsAtLeastVersion(3))
             {
                 Logger.Log(@"Local metadata cache has too low version to backpopulate user tags, attempting refetch...");
                 localMetadataSource.FetchCache().WaitSafely();
 
-                if (!localMetadataSource.Available || localMetadataSource.GetCacheVersion() < 3)
+                if (!localMetadataSource.Available || !localMetadataSource.IsAtLeastVersion(3))
                 {
                     Logger.Log(@"Local metadata cache refetch failed. Aborting user tags backpopulation.");
                     return;