diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestSceneOsuScreenStack.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestSceneOsuScreenStack.cs
index ed3935e101..7729ad0ff3 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestSceneOsuScreenStack.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestSceneOsuScreenStack.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         private void load()
         {
             stack = new TestOsuScreenStack { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
-            stack.ScreenPushed += screenChanged;
-            stack.ScreenExited += screenChanged;
 
             Add(musicController);
             Add(stack);
@@ -129,12 +127,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 
         private class AllowScreen : OsuScreen
         {
-            public override bool AllowTrackAdjustments => true;
+            public override bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => true;
         }
 
         public class DisallowScreen : OsuScreen
         {
-            public override bool AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
+            public override bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
         }
 
         private class InheritScreen : OsuScreen
@@ -147,11 +145,5 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
             LoadComponent(screen);
             return screen;
         }
-
-        private void screenChanged(IScreen current, IScreen newScreen)
-        {
-            if (newScreen is IOsuScreen newOsuScreen)
-                musicController.AllowTrackAdjustments = newOsuScreen.AllowTrackAdjustments;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
index 2107b3a0e9..ce84c4bd2a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
@@ -1075,8 +1075,6 @@ namespace osu.Game
                 OverlayActivationMode.BindTo(newOsuScreen.OverlayActivationMode);
                 API.Activity.BindTo(newOsuScreen.Activity);
 
-                MusicController.AllowTrackAdjustments = newOsuScreen.AllowTrackAdjustments;
-
                 if (newOsuScreen.HideOverlaysOnEnter)
                     CloseAllOverlays();
                 else
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
index 5bb47e1c11..028662172d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
 
         public override bool DisallowExternalBeatmapRulesetChanges => true;
 
-        public override bool AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
+        public override bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
 
         protected bool HasUnsavedChanges => lastSavedHash != changeHandler.CurrentStateHash;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/IOsuScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/IOsuScreen.cs
index b12baf233f..910a0c7d61 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/IOsuScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/IOsuScreen.cs
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
         Bindable<RulesetInfo> Ruleset { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Whether mod track adjustments are allowed to be applied.
+        /// Whether mod track adjustments should be applied on entering this screen.
         /// A <see langword="null"/> value means that the parent screen's value of this setting will be used.
         /// </summary>
-        bool AllowTrackAdjustments { get; }
+        bool? AllowTrackAdjustments { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Invoked when the back button has been pressed to close any overlays before exiting this <see cref="IOsuScreen"/>.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/Spectate/MultiSpectatorScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/Spectate/MultiSpectatorScreen.cs
index bf7c738882..c45e3a79da 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/Spectate/MultiSpectatorScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Multiplayer/Spectate/MultiSpectatorScreen.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.Multiplayer.Spectate
         public override bool DisallowExternalBeatmapRulesetChanges => true;
 
         // We are managing our own adjustments. For now, this happens inside the Player instances themselves.
-        public override bool AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
+        public override bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether all spectating players have finished loading.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlaySubScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlaySubScreen.cs
index 054009a228..8c4f0c1394 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlaySubScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/OnlinePlaySubScreen.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay
     {
         public override bool DisallowExternalBeatmapRulesetChanges => false;
 
-        public override bool AllowTrackAdjustments => true;
+        public override bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => true;
 
         public virtual string ShortTitle => Title;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
index 01dc703b66..d3981b715c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Screens;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
-using osu.Game.Rulesets;
-using osu.Game.Screens.Menu;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
-using osu.Game.Users;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
+using osu.Game.Screens.Menu;
+using osu.Game.Users;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens
 {
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
         [Resolved]
         private MusicController musicController { get; set; }
 
-        private bool? allowTrackAdjustments;
-
-        public virtual bool AllowTrackAdjustments => allowTrackAdjustments ??= (musicController?.AllowTrackAdjustments ?? false);
+        public virtual bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => null;
 
         public Bindable<WorkingBeatmap> Beatmap { get; private set; }
 
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
 
         private OsuScreenDependencies screenDependencies;
 
+        private bool trackAdjustmentStateAtSuspend;
+
         internal void CreateLeasedDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer dependencies) => createDependencies(dependencies);
 
         protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateChildDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent)
@@ -175,8 +175,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
         {
             if (PlayResumeSound)
                 sampleExit?.Play();
+
             applyArrivingDefaults(true);
 
+            musicController.AllowTrackAdjustments = trackAdjustmentStateAtSuspend;
+
             base.OnResuming(last);
         }
 
@@ -184,6 +187,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
         {
             base.OnSuspending(next);
 
+            trackAdjustmentStateAtSuspend = musicController.AllowTrackAdjustments;
+
             onSuspendingLogo();
         }
 
@@ -191,6 +196,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
         {
             applyArrivingDefaults(false);
 
+            if (AllowTrackAdjustments != null)
+                musicController.AllowTrackAdjustments = AllowTrackAdjustments.Value;
+
             if (backgroundStack?.Push(ownedBackground = CreateBackground()) != true)
             {
                 // If the constructed instance was not actually pushed to the background stack, we don't want to track it unnecessarily.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index e8a2790c94..9927467bd6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         protected override OverlayActivation InitialOverlayActivationMode => OverlayActivation.UserTriggered;
 
         // We are managing our own adjustments (see OnEntering/OnExiting).
-        public override bool AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
+        public override bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => false;
 
         private readonly IBindable<bool> gameActive = new Bindable<bool>(true);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
index 9b6cbad7d1..1f0f134ba7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/SongSelect.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
         protected virtual bool DisplayStableImportPrompt => stableImportManager?.SupportsImportFromStable == true;
 
-        public override bool AllowTrackAdjustments => true;
+        public override bool? AllowTrackAdjustments => true;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Can be null if <see cref="ShowFooter"/> is false.