From 3928d02e175f732d5e13fa0c66dbccb704c4324d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 1hitsong <3330318+1hitsong@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:13:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Resolve Possible null reference

---
 Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/ItemHelper.cs | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/ItemHelper.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/ItemHelper.cs
index 622eb0b9fe..cd29361bd7 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/ItemHelper.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/ItemHelper.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Helpers
 
             foreach (var provider in foundLyricProviders)
             {
-                providerList.Add((ILyricsProvider)Activator.CreateInstance(provider));
+                ILyricsProvider? newProvider = Activator.CreateInstance(provider) as ILyricsProvider;
+                if (newProvider is not null)
+                {
+                    providerList.Add(newProvider);
+                }
             }
 
             foreach (ILyricsProvider provider in providerList)
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Helpers
             // Iterate over all found lyric providers
             foreach (var provider in foundLyricProviders)
             {
-                var foundProvider = (ILyricsProvider)Activator.CreateInstance(provider);
+                ILyricsProvider? foundProvider = Activator.CreateInstance(provider) as ILyricsProvider;
                 if (foundProvider?.FileExtensions is null)
                 {
                     continue;