diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index de0dc6586b..402cc34cb2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -1055,21 +1055,18 @@ function inline_edit_row( $type ) {
id, true, $type ); // TODO: ROLE SYSTEM
if ( $authors && count( $authors ) > 1 ) :
- $users_opt = array('include' => $authors, 'name' => 'post_author', 'class'=> 'authors', 'multi' => 1);
+ $users_opt = array('include' => $authors, 'name' => 'post_author', 'class'=> 'authors', 'multi' => 1, 'echo' => 0);
if ( $bulk )
$users_opt['show_option_none'] = __('- No Change -');
-?>
-
-';
+ $authors_dropdown .= '' . __( 'Author' ) . '';
+ $authors_dropdown .= wp_dropdown_users( $users_opt );
+ $authors_dropdown .= '';
+
endif; // authors
- $authors_dropdown = ob_get_clean();
?>