diff --git a/src/StageStats.cpp b/src/StageStats.cpp
index 89bf51b61e..565e1e695c 100644
--- a/src/StageStats.cpp
+++ b/src/StageStats.cpp
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ static HighScore FillInHighScore(const PlayerStageStats &pss, const PlayerState
 	// this whole thing needs to be redone, ssr calculation should be moved into highscore -mina
 	hs.SetSSRCalcVersion(GetCalcVersion());
 
-	hs.WriteInputData(pss.InputData);
-
+	if (!pss.InputData.empty())
+		hs.WriteInputData(pss.InputData);
 	return hs;
 }