diff --git a/osu.Game/IO/Serialization/Converters/TypedListConverter.cs b/osu.Game/IO/Serialization/Converters/TypedListConverter.cs
index 50b28ea74b..174fbf9983 100644
--- a/osu.Game/IO/Serialization/Converters/TypedListConverter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/IO/Serialization/Converters/TypedListConverter.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 
 namespace osu.Game.IO.Serialization.Converters
 {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.IO.Serialization.Converters
                     throw new JsonException("Expected $type token.");
 
                 var typeName = lookupTable[(int)tok["$type"]];
-                var instance = (T)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(typeName));
+                var instance = (T)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(typeName).AsNonNull());
                 serializer.Populate(itemReader, instance);
 
                 list.Add(instance);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs
index 702bf35fa8..59ec9cdd7e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         {
             if (!Available) return null;
 
-            var ruleset = (Ruleset)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(InstantiationInfo));
+            var ruleset = (Ruleset)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(InstantiationInfo).AsNonNull());
 
             // overwrite the pre-populated RulesetInfo with a potentially database attached copy.
             ruleset.RulesetInfo = this;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
index 4261ee3d47..0a34ca9598 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using osu.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Database;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        var instanceInfo = ((Ruleset)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(r.InstantiationInfo))).RulesetInfo;
+                        var instanceInfo = ((Ruleset)Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(r.InstantiationInfo).AsNonNull())).RulesetInfo;
 
                         r.Name = instanceInfo.Name;
                         r.ShortName = instanceInfo.ShortName;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs
index bc57a8e71c..55760876e3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinInfo.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Database;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
             var type = string.IsNullOrEmpty(InstantiationInfo)
                 // handle the case of skins imported before InstantiationInfo was added.
                 ? typeof(LegacySkin)
-                : Type.GetType(InstantiationInfo);
+                : Type.GetType(InstantiationInfo).AsNonNull();
 
             if (type == typeof(DefaultLegacySkin))
                 return (Skin)Activator.CreateInstance(type, this, legacyDefaultResources, resources);