diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
index 4f09a73440..bcb1d7f961 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapImporter.cs
@@ -141,12 +141,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             // Handle collections using permissive difficulty name to track difficulties.
             foreach (var originalBeatmap in original.Beatmaps)
             {
-                var updatedBeatmap = updated.Beatmaps.FirstOrDefault(b => b.DifficultyName == originalBeatmap.DifficultyName);
-
-                if (updatedBeatmap == null)
-                    continue;
-
-                updatedBeatmap.TransferCollectionsFrom(realm, originalBeatmap.MD5Hash);
+                updated.Beatmaps
+                       .FirstOrDefault(b => b.DifficultyName == originalBeatmap.DifficultyName)?
+                       .TransferCollectionReferences(realm, originalBeatmap.MD5Hash);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
index 42461e863c..6f9df1ba7f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
@@ -214,13 +214,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             return fileHashX == fileHashY;
         }
 
-        public void TransferCollectionsFrom(Realm realm, string oldMd5Hash)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// When updating a beatmap, its hashes will change. Collections currently track beatmaps by hash, so they need to be updated.
+        /// This method will handle updating
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="realm">A realm instance in an active write transaction.</param>
+        /// <param name="previousMD5Hash">The previous MD5 hash of the beatmap before update.</param>
+        public void TransferCollectionReferences(Realm realm, string previousMD5Hash)
         {
-            var collections = realm.All<BeatmapCollection>().AsEnumerable().Where(c => c.BeatmapMD5Hashes.Contains(oldMd5Hash));
+            var collections = realm.All<BeatmapCollection>().AsEnumerable().Where(c => c.BeatmapMD5Hashes.Contains(previousMD5Hash));
 
             foreach (var c in collections)
             {
-                c.BeatmapMD5Hashes.Remove(oldMd5Hash);
+                c.BeatmapMD5Hashes.Remove(previousMD5Hash);
                 c.BeatmapMD5Hashes.Add(MD5Hash);
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index 9224806301..8ea22e5d67 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
                     setInfo.CopyChangesToRealm(liveBeatmapSet);
 
-                    beatmapInfo.TransferCollectionsFrom(r, oldMd5Hash);
+                    beatmapInfo.TransferCollectionReferences(r, oldMd5Hash);
 
                     ProcessBeatmap?.Invoke((liveBeatmapSet, false));
                 });