diff --git a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderGraph/Targets/UniversalTarget.cs b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderGraph/Targets/UniversalTarget.cs
index 86b97ff8529..7dfd89564e7 100644
--- a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderGraph/Targets/UniversalTarget.cs
+++ b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderGraph/Targets/UniversalTarget.cs
@@ -717,10 +717,10 @@ public void SetDataOnSubTarget<T>(SubTarget subTarget) where T : JsonObject
             T data = null;
             foreach (var x in m_Datas.SelectValue())
             {
-                if (x.GetType().Equals(typeof(T)))
+                if (x is T y)
                 {
-                    data = x as T;
-                    continue;
+                    data = y;
+                    break;
                 }
             }