diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index ec1d6c40bf..44a4b10c58 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ function _post_row($a_post, $pending_comments, $mode) {
 
 		case 'author':
 		?>
-		<td <?php echo $attributes ?>><a href="edit.php?author=<?php the_author_meta('ID'); ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a></td>
+		<td <?php echo $attributes ?>><a href="edit.php?post_type=<?php echo $post->post_type; ?>&amp;author=<?php the_author_meta('ID'); ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a></td>
 		<?php
 		break;
 
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ foreach ( $posts_columns as $column_name => $column_display_name ) {
 
 	case 'author':
 		?>
-		<td <?php echo $attributes ?>><a href="edit-pages.php?author=<?php the_author_meta('ID'); ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a></td>
+		<td <?php echo $attributes ?>><a href="edit.php?post_type=<?php echo $post_type; ?>&amp;author=<?php the_author_meta('ID'); ?>"><?php the_author() ?></a></td>
 		<?php
 		break;