diff --git a/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py b/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py
index 41884058b7..076eb7c778 100644
--- a/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py
+++ b/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MigrationAutodetector(object):
         Used for full comparison for rename/alter; sometimes a single-level
         deconstruction will not compare correctly.
         """
-        if not hasattr(obj, 'deconstruct'):
+        if not hasattr(obj, 'deconstruct') or isinstance(obj, type):
             return obj
         deconstructed = obj.deconstruct()
         if isinstance(obj, models.Field):
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
index 90673a826f..2222ef2a7b 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Reinstated missing ``CHECK`` SQL clauses which were omitted on some backends
   when not using migrations (:ticket:`23416`).
+
+* Fixed serialization of ``type`` objects in migrations (:ticket:`22951`).
diff --git a/tests/migrations/test_autodetector.py b/tests/migrations/test_autodetector.py
index 42569d354d..e944ac87ca 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/test_autodetector.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/test_autodetector.py
@@ -702,6 +702,31 @@ class AutodetectorTests(TestCase):
         changes = autodetector._detect_changes()
         self.assertEqual(changes, {})
 
+    def test_deconstruct_type(self):
+        """
+        #22951 -- Uninstanted classes with deconstruct are correctly returned
+        by deep_deconstruct during serialization.
+        """
+        author = ModelState(
+            "testapp",
+            "Author",
+            [
+                ("id", models.AutoField(primary_key=True)),
+                ("name", models.CharField(
+                    max_length=200,
+                    # IntegerField intentionally not instantiated.
+                    default=models.IntegerField,
+                ))
+            ],
+        )
+        # Make state
+        before = self.make_project_state([])
+        after = self.make_project_state([author])
+        autodetector = MigrationAutodetector(before, after)
+        changes = autodetector._detect_changes()
+        self.assertNumberMigrations(changes, 'testapp', 1)
+        self.assertOperationTypes(changes, 'testapp', 0, ["CreateModel"])
+
     def test_replace_string_with_foreignkey(self):
         """
         Adding an FK in the same "spot" as a deleted CharField should work. (#22300).