diff --git a/app/views/common/feed.atom.rxml b/app/views/common/feed.atom.rxml
index b5cbeeed9..ac087d36b 100644
--- a/app/views/common/feed.atom.rxml
+++ b/app/views/common/feed.atom.rxml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ xml.feed "xmlns" => "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" do
       xml.link "rel" => "alternate", "href" => url
       xml.id url
       xml.updated item.event_datetime.xmlschema
-      author = item.event_author if item.respond_to?(:author)
+      author = item.event_author if item.respond_to?(:event_author)
       xml.author do
         xml.name(author)
         xml.email(author.mail) if author.respond_to?(:mail) && !author.mail.blank?