From e5ed4c1b7d366c78881ad65419475a9dc40e91b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothee Cour <timothee.cour2@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 14:04:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix json regression D20191212T144944 (#12902) [backport]

---
 lib/pure/json.nim | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/pure/json.nim b/lib/pure/json.nim
index 5b6cf0856..319a7b7ff 100644
--- a/lib/pure/json.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/json.nim
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ when defined(nimFixedForwardGeneric):
       jsonPath.setLen originalJsonPathLen
 
   proc initFromJson[T](dst: var ref T; jsonNode: JsonNode; jsonPath: var string) =
+    verifyJsonKind(jsonNode, {JObject, JNull}, jsonPath)
     if jsonNode.kind == JNull:
       dst = nil
     else: