diff --git a/beetsplug/mbpseudo.py b/beetsplug/mbpseudo.py
index 0a4e304f2..b5b4f4f8d 100644
--- a/beetsplug/mbpseudo.py
+++ b/beetsplug/mbpseudo.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class MusicBrainzPseudoReleasePlugin(MusicBrainzPlugin):
         self,
         items: Iterable[Item],
         album_info: AlbumInfo,
-    ):
+    ) -> AlbumInfo:
         if isinstance(album_info, PseudoAlbumInfo):
             for item in items:
                 # particularly relevant for reimport but could also happen during import
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ class MusicBrainzPseudoReleasePlugin(MusicBrainzPlugin):
         official_release = super().album_info(release)
 
         if release.get("status") == _STATUS_PSEUDO:
-            return official_release
+            # already pseudo-release, but wrap in our class for the other checks
+            return PseudoAlbumInfo(
+                pseudo_release=official_release,
+                official_release=official_release,
+            )
         elif pseudo_release_ids := self._intercept_mb_release(release):
             custom_tags_only = self.config["custom_tags_only"].get(bool)
             languages = list(config["import"]["languages"].as_str_seq())
@@ -387,7 +391,7 @@ class PseudoAlbumInfo(AlbumInfo):
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(pseudo_release.tracks, **kwargs)
-        self.__dict__["_pseudo_source"] = True
+        self.__dict__["_pseudo_source"] = False
         self.__dict__["_official_release"] = official_release
         for k, v in pseudo_release.items():
             if k not in kwargs:
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_mbpseudo.py b/test/plugins/test_mbpseudo.py
index 316d2e3c7..882e1cd6b 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_mbpseudo.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_mbpseudo.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class TestMBPseudoPlugin(PluginMixin):
         pseudo_release: JSONDict,
     ):
         album_info = mbpseudo_plugin.album_info(pseudo_release["release"])
-        assert not isinstance(album_info, PseudoAlbumInfo)
+        assert isinstance(album_info, PseudoAlbumInfo)
         assert album_info.data_source == "MusicBrainzPseudoRelease"
         assert album_info.albumstatus == _STATUS_PSEUDO