diff --git a/app/views/ci/builds/_build.json.jbuilder b/app/views/ci/builds/_build.json.jbuilder
index d9414be1b..1c1afcbf1 100644
--- a/app/views/ci/builds/_build.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/ci/builds/_build.json.jbuilder
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ json.action build.build_action
 json.error build.build_error  if build.build_status == 'error'
 json.message build.build_message
 json.author do
-  json.partial! 'author', user: user
+  json.partial! 'author', user: current_user
 end
 json.started format_utc_time build.build_started
 json.finished format_utc_time build.build_finished