diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkBehaviour.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkBehaviour.cs
index f40dee06b..f4068233f 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkBehaviour.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkBehaviour.cs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public bool authority
         // component index from in here by searching all NetworkComponents.
 
         /// <summary>Returns the NetworkIdentity of this object</summary>
-        public NetworkIdentity netIdentity { get; internal set; }
+        public NetworkIdentity netIdentity; // set from NetworkIdentity.InitializeNetworkBehaviours to avoid netIdentity=>flag indirection!
 
         /// <summary>Returns the index of the component on this object</summary>
         public byte ComponentIndex { get; internal set; }
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs
index 6dd94378d..0c80b05f0 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Core/NetworkIdentity.cs
@@ -238,12 +238,21 @@ internal set
 
         /// <summary>Client's network connection to the server. This is only valid for player objects on the client.</summary>
         // TODO change to NetworkConnectionToServer, but might cause some breaking
-        public NetworkConnection connectionToServer { get; internal set; }
+        public NetworkConnection connectionToServer
+        {
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            get;
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            internal set;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>Server's network connection to the client. This is only valid for client-owned objects (including the Player object) on the server.</summary>
+        NetworkConnectionToClient _connectionToClient;
         public NetworkConnectionToClient connectionToClient
         {
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
             get => _connectionToClient;
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
             internal set
             {
                 _connectionToClient?.RemoveOwnedObject(this);
@@ -251,7 +260,6 @@ internal set
                 _connectionToClient?.AddOwnedObject(this);
             }
         }
-        NetworkConnectionToClient _connectionToClient;
 
         // get all NetworkBehaviour components
         public NetworkBehaviour[] NetworkBehaviours { get; private set; }