diff --git a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
index 640d747b41..c26f2ddc79 100644
--- a/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
+++ b/src/js/_enqueues/admin/inline-edit-post.js
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ window.wp = window.wp || {};
 		if ( !$(':input[name="post_author"] option[value="' + $('.post_author', rowData).text() + '"]', editRow).val() ) {
 
 			// The post author no longer has edit capabilities, so we need to add them to the list of authors.
-			$(':input[name="post_author"]', editRow).prepend('<option value="' + $('.post_author', rowData).text() + '">' + $('#' + t.type + '-' + id + ' .author').text() + '</option>');
+			$(':input[name="post_author"]', editRow).prepend('<option value="' + $('.post_author', rowData).text() + '">' + $('#post-' + id + ' .author').text() + '</option>');
 		}
 		if ( $( ':input[name="post_author"] option', editRow ).length === 1 ) {
 			$('label.inline-edit-author', editRow).hide();