diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
index a49872ac5e..e51aa547b8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlServerSyntaxProvider.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Data;
 using System.Data.Common;
 using System.Linq;
 using NPoco;
@@ -122,6 +123,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax
     SERVERPROPERTY('ResourceLastUpdateDateTime') ResourceLastUpdateDateTime,
     SERVERPROPERTY('ProductLevel') ProductLevel;";
 
+            string GetString(IDataReader reader, int ordinal, string defaultValue)
+                => reader.IsDBNull(ordinal) ? defaultValue : reader.GetString(ordinal);
+
+            int GetInt32(IDataReader reader, int ordinal, int defaultValue)
+                => reader.IsDBNull(ordinal) ? defaultValue : reader.GetInt32(ordinal);
+
             connection.ConnectionString = connectionString;
             ServerVersionInfo version;
             using (connection)
@@ -136,12 +143,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax
                         reader.Read();
                         // InstanceName can be NULL for the default instance
                         version = new ServerVersionInfo(
-                            reader.GetString(0),
-                            reader.IsDBNull(2) ? "(default)" : reader.GetString(2),
-                            reader.IsDBNull(3) ? "" : reader.GetString(3),
-                            (EngineEdition) reader.GetInt32(5),
-                            reader.GetString(7),
-                            reader.GetString(9));
+                            GetString(reader, 0, "Unknown"),
+                            GetString(reader, 2, "(default)"),
+                            GetString(reader, 3, string.Empty),
+                            (EngineEdition) GetInt32(reader, 5, 0),
+                            GetString(reader, 7, "DEFAULT"),
+                            GetString(reader, 9, "Unknown"));
                     }
                     connection.Close();
                 }