1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/audit_event.rb b/app/models/audit_event.rb
index d1c0bb11dc8..32c9d44f836 100644
--- a/app/models/audit_event.rb
+++ b/app/models/audit_event.rb
@@ -55,15 +55,20 @@ class AuditEvent < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def author_name
-    lazy_author.name
+    author&.name
   end
 
   def formatted_details
     details.merge(details.slice(:from, :to).transform_values(&:to_s))
   end
 
+  def author
+    lazy_author&.itself.presence ||
+      ::Gitlab::Audit::NullAuthor.for(author_id, (self[:author_name] || details[:author_name]))
+  end
+
   def lazy_author
-    BatchLoader.for(author_id).batch(default_value: default_author_value, replace_methods: false) do |author_ids, loader|
+    BatchLoader.for(author_id).batch(replace_methods: false) do |author_ids, loader|
       User.select(:id, :name, :username).where(id: author_ids).find_each do |user|
         loader.call(user.id, user)
       end