diff --git a/discord/activity.py b/discord/activity.py
index 80476c46c..7c46a6600 100644
--- a/discord/activity.py
+++ b/discord/activity.py
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ class Activity(BaseActivity):
         self.flags = kwargs.pop('flags', 0)
         self.sync_id = kwargs.pop('sync_id', None)
         self.session_id = kwargs.pop('session_id', None)
-        self.type = try_enum(ActivityType, kwargs.pop('type', -1))
+
+        activity_type = kwargs.pop('type', -1)
+        self.type = activity_type if isinstance(activity_type, ActivityType) else try_enum(ActivityType, activity_type)
+
         emoji = kwargs.pop('emoji', None)
         if emoji is not None:
             self.emoji = PartialEmoji.from_dict(emoji)