diff --git a/x/posts/module.go b/x/posts/module.go
index f7fb3e53a6..7cb9990162 100644
--- a/x/posts/module.go
+++ b/x/posts/module.go
@@ -151,10 +151,13 @@ func (am AppModule) LegacyQuerierHandler(legacyQuerierCdc *codec.LegacyAmino) sd
 
 // InitGenesis performs genesis initialization for the posts module.
 // It returns no validator updates.
-func (am AppModule) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONMarshaler, data json.RawMessage) []abci.ValidatorUpdate {
+func (am AppModule) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, _ codec.JSONMarshaler, data json.RawMessage) []abci.ValidatorUpdate {
 	var genesisState types.GenesisState
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &genesisState)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 
-	cdc.MustUnmarshalJSON(data, &genesisState)
 	am.keeper.InitGenesis(ctx, genesisState)
 	return []abci.ValidatorUpdate{}
 }
diff --git a/x/profiles/module.go b/x/profiles/module.go
index fdca00e444..13fd09ed13 100644
--- a/x/profiles/module.go
+++ b/x/profiles/module.go
@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ func (am AppModule) LegacyQuerierHandler(legacyQuerierCdc *codec.LegacyAmino) sd
 // It returns no validator updates.
 func (am AppModule) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONMarshaler, data json.RawMessage) []abci.ValidatorUpdate {
 	var genesisState types.GenesisState
-
-	cdc.MustUnmarshalJSON(data, &genesisState)
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &genesisState)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	am.keeper.InitGenesis(ctx, genesisState)
 	return []abci.ValidatorUpdate{}
 }
diff --git a/x/reports/module.go b/x/reports/module.go
index 6ff71046fa..628676144c 100644
--- a/x/reports/module.go
+++ b/x/reports/module.go
@@ -153,8 +153,10 @@ func (am AppModule) LegacyQuerierHandler(legacyQuerierCdc *codec.LegacyAmino) sd
 // InitGenesis performs genesis initialization for the reports module. It returns no validator updates.
 func (am AppModule) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONMarshaler, data json.RawMessage) []abci.ValidatorUpdate {
 	var genesisState types.GenesisState
-
-	cdc.MustUnmarshalJSON(data, &genesisState)
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &genesisState)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	am.keeper.InitGenesis(ctx, genesisState)
 	return []abci.ValidatorUpdate{}
 }