diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/ClientScene.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/ClientScene.cs
index 8419bdca6..fee75c5f6 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/ClientScene.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/ClientScene.cs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public static bool AddPlayer(NetworkConnection readyConn, MessageBase extraMessa
             {
                 NetworkWriter writer = new NetworkWriter();
                 extraMessage.Serialize(writer);
-                msg.msgData = writer.ToArray();
+                msg.value = writer.ToArray();
             }
             s_ReadyConnection.Send((short)MsgType.AddPlayer, msg);
             return true;
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs
index 29c42a2f4..0d829b2a1 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Messages.cs
@@ -145,20 +145,7 @@ public class ReadyMessage : EmptyMessage {}
 
     public class NotReadyMessage : EmptyMessage {}
 
-    public class AddPlayerMessage : MessageBase
-    {
-        public byte[] msgData;
-
-        public override void Deserialize(NetworkReader reader)
-        {
-            msgData = reader.ReadBytesAndSize();
-        }
-
-        public override void Serialize(NetworkWriter writer)
-        {
-            writer.WriteBytesAndSize(msgData);
-        }
-    }
+    public class AddPlayerMessage : BytesMessage {}
 
     public class RemovePlayerMessage : EmptyMessage
     {
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs
index fe2cc2e72..8986b0321 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/NetworkManager.cs
@@ -510,9 +510,9 @@ internal void OnServerAddPlayerMessageInternal(NetworkMessage netMsg)
 
             AddPlayerMessage msg = netMsg.ReadMessage<AddPlayerMessage>();
 
-            if (msg.msgData != null && msg.msgData.Length > 0)
+            if (msg.value != null && msg.value.Length > 0)
             {
-                NetworkReader reader = new NetworkReader(msg.msgData);
+                NetworkReader reader = new NetworkReader(msg.value);
                 OnServerAddPlayer(netMsg.conn, reader);
             }
             else