1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs
index 29bac6634..3a916e5c0 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/AppBase/ConfigurationHelper.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#nullable enable
-
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -35,27 +33,27 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
-                configuration = Activator.CreateInstance(type) ?? throw new ArgumentException($"Provided path ({type}) is not valid.", nameof(type));
+                // Note: CreateInstance returns null for Nullable<T>, e.g. CreateInstance(typeof(int?)) returns null.
+                configuration = Activator.CreateInstance(type)!;
             }
 
             using var stream = new MemoryStream(buffer?.Length ?? 0);
             xmlSerializer.SerializeToStream(configuration, stream);
 
             // Take the object we just got and serialize it back to bytes
-            byte[] newBytes = stream.GetBuffer();
-            int newBytesLen = (int)stream.Length;
+            Span<byte> newBytes = stream.GetBuffer().AsSpan(0, (int)stream.Length);
 
             // If the file didn't exist before, or if something has changed, re-save
-            if (buffer == null || !newBytes.AsSpan(0, newBytesLen).SequenceEqual(buffer))
+            if (buffer == null || !newBytes.SequenceEqual(buffer))
             {
                 var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path) ?? throw new ArgumentException($"Provided path ({path}) is not valid.", nameof(path));
 
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+
                 // Save it after load in case we got new items
-                // use FileShare.None as this bypasses dotnet bug dotnet/runtime#42790 .
                 using (var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
                 {
-                    fs.Write(newBytes, 0, newBytesLen);
+                    fs.Write(newBytes);
                 }
             }