diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricPropertyChangeHandlerTest.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricPropertyChangeHandlerTest.cs
index e9abe02aa..ce59fed3c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricPropertyChangeHandlerTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricPropertyChangeHandlerTest.cs
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests.Editor.ChangeHandlers.Lyrics
     public abstract class LyricPropertyChangeHandlerTest<TChangeHandler> : BaseHitObjectChangeHandlerTest<TChangeHandler, Lyric>
         where TChangeHandler : LyricPropertyChangeHandler, new()
     {
-        protected void PrepareLyricWithSyncConfig(Lyric hitObject, bool selected = true)
+        protected Lyric PrepareLyricWithSyncConfig(Lyric referencedLyric, IReferenceLyricPropertyConfig? config = null, bool selected = true)
         {
-            // allow to pre-assign the config.
-            hitObject.ReferenceLyric = new Lyric();
-            hitObject.ReferenceLyricConfig ??= new SyncLyricConfig();
+            var lyric = new Lyric
+            {
+                ReferenceLyric = referencedLyric,
+                ReferenceLyricConfig = config ?? new SyncLyricConfig()
+            };
 
-            PrepareHitObjects(new[] { hitObject }, selected);
+            PrepareHitObjects(new[] { lyric }, selected);
+
+            return lyric;
         }
 
         protected void TriggerHandlerChangedWithChangeForbiddenException(Action<TChangeHandler> c)
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricSingerChangeHandlerTest.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricSingerChangeHandlerTest.cs
index 404f57fd6..7fbcd2e66 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricSingerChangeHandlerTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricSingerChangeHandlerTest.cs
@@ -151,12 +151,9 @@ public void TestWithReferenceLyric(bool syncSinger)
             {
                 Name = "Singer1",
             };
-            PrepareLyricWithSyncConfig(new Lyric
+            PrepareLyricWithSyncConfig(new Lyric(), new SyncLyricConfig
             {
-                ReferenceLyricConfig = new SyncLyricConfig
-                {
-                    SyncSingerProperty = syncSinger
-                }
+                SyncSingerProperty = syncSinger
             });
 
             if (syncSinger)
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricTimeTagsChangeHandlerTest.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricTimeTagsChangeHandlerTest.cs
index 5141a87f1..953fa620e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricTimeTagsChangeHandlerTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Karaoke.Tests/Editor/ChangeHandlers/Lyrics/LyricTimeTagsChangeHandlerTest.cs
@@ -420,20 +420,29 @@ public void TestShiftingException(TextIndex.IndexState state, ShiftingDirection
         [TestCase(false)]
         public void TestWithReferenceLyric(bool syncTimeTag)
         {
-            var timeTag = new TimeTag(new TextIndex(), 1000);
-            PrepareLyricWithSyncConfig(new Lyric
+            var lyric = PrepareLyricWithSyncConfig(new Lyric
             {
                 Text = "カラオケ",
                 TimeTags = new[]
                 {
-                    timeTag
-                },
-                ReferenceLyricConfig = new SyncLyricConfig
-                {
-                    SyncTimeTagProperty = syncTimeTag
+                    new TimeTag(new TextIndex(), 1000)
                 }
+            }, new SyncLyricConfig
+            {
+                SyncTimeTagProperty = syncTimeTag
             });
 
+            // should add the time-tag by hand because it does not sync from thr referenced lyric.
+            if (!syncTimeTag)
+            {
+                lyric.TimeTags = new[]
+                {
+                    new TimeTag(new TextIndex(), 2000)
+                };
+            }
+
+            var timeTag = lyric.TimeTags.First();
+
             if (syncTimeTag)
             {
                 TriggerHandlerChangedWithChangeForbiddenException(c => c.SetTimeTagTime(timeTag, 2000));