diff --git a/app/models/issue_query.rb b/app/models/issue_query.rb
index 9a6d278fe..bf90f56d1 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_query.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_query.rb
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ class IssueQuery < Query
       offset(options[:offset])
 
     scope = scope.preload(:custom_values)
+    if has_column?(:author)
+      scope = scope.preload(:author)
+    end
 
     issues = scope.all