diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/SceneEventData.cs b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/SceneEventData.cs
index 99445d93d6..83974d882d 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/SceneEventData.cs
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/SceneManagement/SceneEventData.cs
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ internal void SynchronizeSceneNetworkObjects(NetworkManager networkManager)
                     // information during synchronization.
                     if (serializedObject.HasGhost)
                     {
-                        if (networkManager.SpawnManager.GhostSpawnManager.ShouldDeferGhostSceneObject(serializedObject, InternalBuffer))
+                        if (networkManager.SpawnManager.GhostSpawnManager.ShouldDeferGhostSceneObject(serializedObject, m_InternalBuffer))
                         {
                             continue;
                         }
diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Spawning/GhostSpawnManager.cs b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Spawning/GhostSpawnManager.cs
index 4077179f33..ed6b512494 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Spawning/GhostSpawnManager.cs
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Spawning/GhostSpawnManager.cs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ internal NetworkObject ProcessGhostPendingSynchronization(ulong networkObjectId,
             {
                 m_NetworkManager.SceneManager.SetTheSceneBeingSynchronized(serializedObject.NetworkSceneHandle);
             }
-            var networkObject = NetworkObject.Deserialize(serializedObject, reader, m_NetworkManager);
+            var networkObject = NetworkObject.DeserializeAndSpawnObject(serializedObject, reader, m_NetworkManager);
 
             // TODO-UNIFIED: How do we handle the "all in-scene placed objects are spawned notification"?
             //if (serializedObject.IsSceneObject)