diff --git a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/creation_info_parser.py b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/creation_info_parser.py
index dbad22d11..1e7015c50 100644
--- a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/creation_info_parser.py
+++ b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/creation_info_parser.py
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@
 from spdx_tools.spdx.parser.actor_parser import ActorParser
 from spdx_tools.spdx.parser.error import SPDXParsingError
 from spdx_tools.spdx.parser.jsonlikedict.checksum_parser import ChecksumParser
-from spdx_tools.spdx.parser.jsonlikedict.dict_parsing_functions import (
-    append_parsed_field_or_log_error,
-    parse_field_or_log_error,
-    parse_field_or_no_assertion,
-)
+from spdx_tools.spdx.parser.jsonlikedict.dict_parsing_functions import parse_field_or_log_error
 from spdx_tools.spdx.parser.logger import Logger
 from spdx_tools.spdx.parser.parsing_functions import (
     construct_or_raise_parsing_error,
@@ -45,7 +41,7 @@ def parse_creation_info(self, doc_dict: Dict) -> CreationInfo:
             raise SPDXParsingError([f"Error while parsing document {name}: {logger.get_messages()}"])
 
         creators: List[Actor] = parse_field_or_log_error(
-            logger, creation_info_dict.get("creators"), self.parse_creators
+            logger, creation_info_dict.get("creators"), self.actor_parser.parse_actor, field_is_list=True
         )
 
         created: Optional[datetime] = parse_field_or_log_error(
@@ -83,17 +79,6 @@ def parse_creation_info(self, doc_dict: Dict) -> CreationInfo:
 
         return creation_info
 
-    def parse_creators(self, creators_list_from_dict: List[str]) -> List[Actor]:
-        logger = Logger()
-        creators = []
-        for creator_str in creators_list_from_dict:
-            creators = append_parsed_field_or_log_error(
-                logger, creators, creator_str, lambda x: parse_field_or_no_assertion(x, self.actor_parser.parse_actor)
-            )
-
-        raise_parsing_error_if_logger_has_messages(logger)
-        return creators
-
     @staticmethod
     def parse_version(version_str: str) -> Version:
         try:
diff --git a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/dict_parsing_functions.py b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/dict_parsing_functions.py
index 6320b5bc0..c5076d2bf 100644
--- a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/dict_parsing_functions.py
+++ b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/jsonlikedict/dict_parsing_functions.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def append_parsed_field_or_log_error(
     except SPDXParsingError as err:
         logger.extend(err.get_messages())
     except (TypeError, ValueError) as err:
-        logger.extend(err.args[0])
+        logger.append(err.args[0])
     return list_to_append_to
 
 
diff --git a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/xml/xml_parser.py b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/xml/xml_parser.py
index 52863f389..4dd8c3aa2 100644
--- a/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/xml/xml_parser.py
+++ b/src/spdx_tools/spdx/parser/xml/xml_parser.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _fix_list_like_fields(data: Any) -> Any:
         new_data = {}
         for key, value in data.items():
             if key in LIST_LIKE_FIELDS and not isinstance(value, list):
-                new_data[key] = [_fix_list_like_fields(value)]
+                new_data[key] = [_fix_list_like_fields(value)] if value else []
             else:
                 new_data[key] = _fix_list_like_fields(value)
         return new_data