diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 5457ee367c12e9403441b169af2079f91ad6ebaa..33ad9b63f889966f0ab6af1642469b4a4623cf41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 Feeds 6.x 1.0 XXXXXXX, 20XX-XX-XX
 ---------------------------------
 
+- #657374 dtomasch: Common Parser does not get RSS Authors correctly.
+
 Feeds 6.x 1.0 Alpha 9, 2009-12-14
 ---------------------------------
 
diff --git a/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc b/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc
index bd887495a13e8666fa3c76e5112977011a024a41..f7b7760ff19f0fffcffa445e5c7a904f153b5823 100644
--- a/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc
+++ b/libraries/common_syndication_parser.inc
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ function _parser_common_syndication_RSS20_parse($feed_XML) {
       $body = "{$news['title']}";
     }
 
-    if (!empty($feed_XML->channel->title)) {
-      $original_author = "{$feed_XML->channel->title}";
+    if (!empty($news['author'])) {
+      $original_author = "{$news['author']}";
     }
 
     if (!empty($news['link'])) {