diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/AudioFileProber.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/AudioFileProber.cs
index 9b2610ee74..9f37d8b549 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/AudioFileProber.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/AudioFileProber.cs
@@ -122,14 +122,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
             audio.Size = mediaInfo.Size;
             audio.PremiereDate = mediaInfo.PremiereDate;
 
+            // Add external lyrics first to prevent the lrc file get overwritten on first scan
+            var mediaStreams = new List<MediaStream>(mediaInfo.MediaStreams);
+            AddExternalLyrics(audio, mediaStreams, options);
+            var tryExtractEmbeddedLyrics = mediaStreams.All(s => s.Type != MediaStreamType.Lyric);
+
             if (!audio.IsLocked)
             {
-                await FetchDataFromTags(audio, mediaInfo, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await FetchDataFromTags(audio, mediaInfo, options, tryExtractEmbeddedLyrics).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
-            var mediaStreams = new List<MediaStream>(mediaInfo.MediaStreams);
-            AddExternalLyrics(audio, mediaStreams, options);
-
             audio.HasLyrics = mediaStreams.Any(s => s.Type == MediaStreamType.Lyric);
 
             _itemRepo.SaveMediaStreams(audio.Id, mediaStreams, cancellationToken);
@@ -141,7 +143,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
         /// <param name="audio">The <see cref="Audio"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="mediaInfo">The <see cref="Model.MediaInfo.MediaInfo"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="options">The <see cref="MetadataRefreshOptions"/>.</param>
-        private async Task FetchDataFromTags(Audio audio, Model.MediaInfo.MediaInfo mediaInfo, MetadataRefreshOptions options)
+        /// <param name="tryExtractEmbeddedLyrics">Whether to extract embedded lyrics to lrc file. </param>
+        private async Task FetchDataFromTags(Audio audio, Model.MediaInfo.MediaInfo mediaInfo, MetadataRefreshOptions options, bool tryExtractEmbeddedLyrics)
         {
             using var file = TagLib.File.Create(audio.Path);
             var tagTypes = file.TagTypesOnDisk;
@@ -321,9 +324,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
                 }
 
                 // Save extracted lyrics if they exist,
-                // and if we are replacing all metadata or the audio doesn't yet have lyrics.
+                // and if the audio doesn't yet have lyrics.
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tags.Lyrics)
-                    && (options.ReplaceAllMetadata || audio.GetMediaStreams().All(s => s.Type != MediaStreamType.Lyric)))
+                    && tryExtractEmbeddedLyrics)
                 {
                     await _lyricManager.SaveLyricAsync(audio, "lrc", tags.Lyrics).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }