diff --git a/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/how-to-contd/csharp/CustomConverterInferredTypesToObject.cs b/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/how-to-contd/csharp/CustomConverterInferredTypesToObject.cs
index aa4ef9ee74199..b212411931328 100644
--- a/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/how-to-contd/csharp/CustomConverterInferredTypesToObject.cs
+++ b/docs/standard/serialization/system-text-json/snippets/how-to-contd/csharp/CustomConverterInferredTypesToObject.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,18 @@ JsonTokenType.String when reader.TryGetDateTime(out DateTime datetime) => dateti
         public override void Write(
             Utf8JsonWriter writer,
             object objectToWrite,
-            JsonSerializerOptions options) =>
-            JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, objectToWrite, objectToWrite.GetType(), options);
+            JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            var runtimeType = objectToWrite.GetType();
+            if (runtimeType == typeof(object))
+            {
+                writer.WriteStartObject();
+                writer.WriteEndObject();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, objectToWrite, runtimeType, options);
+        }
     }
 
     public class WeatherForecast