diff --git a/src/defs.h b/src/defs.h
index a5196d4..b2e9feb 100644
--- a/src/defs.h
+++ b/src/defs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Useful for minimizing changes to implementation files between targets e.g. GDExt
   #define PRINT_ERROR(message) print_error("Godot Wasm: " + String(message))
   #define godot_error Error
   #define INSTANCE_FROM_ID(id) ObjectDB::get_instance(id)
+  #define INSTANCE_VALIDATE(id) VariantUtilityFunctions::is_instance_valid(id)
   #define REGISTRATION_METHOD _bind_methods
   #define RANDOM_BYTES(n) Crypto::create()->generate_random_bytes(n)
 #else
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ Useful for minimizing changes to implementation files between targets e.g. GDExt
   #define PRINT_ERROR(message) _err_print_error(__FUNCTION__, __FILE__, __LINE__, "Godot Wasm: " + String(message))
   #define godot_error Error
   #define INSTANCE_FROM_ID(id) ObjectDB::get_instance(id)
+  #define INSTANCE_VALIDATE(id) UtilityFunctions::is_instance_valid(id)
   #define REGISTRATION_METHOD _bind_methods
   #define RANDOM_BYTES(n) [n]()->PackedByteArray{Ref<Crypto> c;c.instantiate();return c->generate_random_bytes(n);}()
 #endif
diff --git a/src/wasm.cpp b/src/wasm.cpp
index 900c9e7..b67eb02 100644
--- a/src/wasm.cpp
+++ b/src/wasm.cpp
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ namespace godot {
       const Array& import = dict_safe_get(functions, it.first, Array());
       FAIL_IF(import.size() != 2, "Invalid import function " + it.first, ERR_CANT_CREATE);
       FAIL_IF(import[0].get_type() != Variant::OBJECT, "Invalid import target " + it.first, ERR_CANT_CREATE);
-      FAIL_IF(!INSTANCE_FROM_ID(import[0]), "Invalid import target " + it.first, ERR_CANT_CREATE);
+      FAIL_IF(!INSTANCE_VALIDATE(import[0]), "Invalid import target " + it.first, ERR_CANT_CREATE);
       FAIL_IF(import[1].get_type() != Variant::STRING, "Invalid import method " + it.first, ERR_CANT_CREATE);
       godot_wasm::ContextFuncImport* context = (godot_wasm::ContextFuncImport*)&it.second;
       context->target = import[0].operator Object*()->get_instance_id();