diff --git a/picard/album.py b/picard/album.py
index 6af746ed2..a2ee233c2 100644
--- a/picard/album.py
+++ b/picard/album.py
@@ -383,7 +383,8 @@ class Album(DataObject, Item):
         tm = track.metadata
         tm.copy(metadata)
         track_to_metadata(track_node, track)
-        track.metadata["~absolutetracknumber"] = absolutetracknumber
+        tm["~absolutetracknumber"] = absolutetracknumber
+        track.orig_metadata.copy(tm)
         track._customize_metadata()
 
         self._new_metadata.length += tm.length
diff --git a/picard/file.py b/picard/file.py
index a41962a35..f38bacd74 100644
--- a/picard/file.py
+++ b/picard/file.py
@@ -473,9 +473,10 @@ class File(QtCore.QObject, Item):
             self._acoustid_update()
 
     def _acoustid_update(self):
+        recording_id= None
         if self.parent and hasattr(self.parent, 'orig_metadata'):
             recording_id = self.parent.orig_metadata['musicbrainz_recordingid']
-        else:
+        if not recording_id:
             recording_id = self.metadata['musicbrainz_recordingid']
         self.tagger.acoustidmanager.update(self, recording_id)
 
diff --git a/picard/mbjson.py b/picard/mbjson.py
index 72b7cb6ba..27aaa6b2c 100644
--- a/picard/mbjson.py
+++ b/picard/mbjson.py
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ def track_to_metadata(node, track):
             artist_credit_to_metadata(value, m)
     if m.length:
         m['~length'] = format_time(m.length)
-    track.orig_metadata.copy(m)
 
 
 def recording_to_metadata(node, m, track=None):
diff --git a/picard/track.py b/picard/track.py
index a48e983a2..cf3856be5 100644
--- a/picard/track.py
+++ b/picard/track.py
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ class NonAlbumTrack(Track):
     def _parse_recording(self, recording):
         m = self.metadata
         recording_to_metadata(recording, m, self)
+        self.orig_metadata.copy(m)
         self._customize_metadata()
         run_track_metadata_processors(self.album, m, None, recording)
         for s_name, s_text in enabled_tagger_scripts_texts():