diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializerSettings.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializerSettings.cs
index f9d6ee18..08512b76 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializerSettings.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializerSettings.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
       ObjectCreationHandling = DefaultObjectCreationHandling;
       NullValueHandling = DefaultNullValueHandling;
       DefaultValueHandling = DefaultDefaultValueHandling;
-      Converters = null;
+      Converters = new List<JsonConverter>();
     }
   }
 }
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