diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkIdentity.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkIdentity.cs
index 2f0f67425..c4c38600f 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkIdentity.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkIdentity.cs
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ internal void OnDeserializeAllSafely(NetworkReader reader, bool initialState)
             // read component dirty mask
             ulong dirtyComponentsMask = reader.ReadPackedUInt64();
 
-            var components = NetworkBehaviours;
+            NetworkBehaviour[] components = NetworkBehaviours;
             // loop through all components and deserialize the dirty ones
             for (int i = 0; i < components.Length; ++i)
             {