diff --git a/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractManifest.cs b/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractManifest.cs
index e68c764800..341b369ab4 100644
--- a/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractManifest.cs
+++ b/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractManifest.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void IInteroperable.FromStackItem(StackItem stackItem)
             {
                 Null _ => WildcardContainer<ContractPermissionDescriptor>.CreateWildcard(),
                 // Array array when array.Any(p => ((ByteString)p).Size == 0) => WildcardContainer<ContractPermissionDescriptor>.CreateWildcard(),
-                Array array => WildcardContainer<ContractPermissionDescriptor>.Create(array.Select(p => new ContractPermissionDescriptor(p.GetSpan())).ToArray()),
+                Array array => WildcardContainer<ContractPermissionDescriptor>.Create(array.Select(ContractPermissionDescriptor.Create).ToArray()),
                 _ => throw new ArgumentException(null, nameof(stackItem))
             };
             Extra = (JObject)JToken.Parse(@struct[7].GetSpan());
diff --git a/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractPermissionDescriptor.cs b/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractPermissionDescriptor.cs
index 133c338c6c..41dc7ca816 100644
--- a/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractPermissionDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/Neo/SmartContract/Manifest/ContractPermissionDescriptor.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using Neo.Cryptography.ECC;
 using Neo.IO;
 using Neo.Json;
+using Neo.VM.Types;
 using System;
 
 namespace Neo.SmartContract.Manifest
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ internal ContractPermissionDescriptor(ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
             }
         }
 
+        public static ContractPermissionDescriptor Create(StackItem item)
+        {
+            return item.Equals(StackItem.Null) ? CreateWildcard() : new ContractPermissionDescriptor(item.GetSpan());
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new instance of the <see cref="ContractPermissionDescriptor"/> class with the specified contract hash.
         /// </summary>