diff --git a/src/podcasts/podcastepisode.cpp b/src/podcasts/podcastepisode.cpp
index 1b8f402d7..4924a7810 100644
--- a/src/podcasts/podcastepisode.cpp
+++ b/src/podcasts/podcastepisode.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Song PodcastEpisode::ToSong(const Podcast& podcast) const {
     ret.set_album(podcast.title().simplified());
     ret.set_art_automatic(podcast.ImageUrlLarge().toString());
 
-    if (author().isNull() || author().isEmpty())
+    if (author().isEmpty())
       ret.set_artist(podcast.title().simplified());
   }
   return ret;