diff --git a/application/default/controllers/AuthorController.php b/application/default/controllers/AuthorController.php
index c834271b..58e81ad4 100644
--- a/application/default/controllers/AuthorController.php
+++ b/application/default/controllers/AuthorController.php
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ class AuthorController extends Zend_Controller_Action
 					return true;
 				}
 				
-				$sql="select uuid from metadata where id=? and owner=?";
+				$sql="select uuid from geonetworkmetadata where id=? and owner=?";
 				$sth=$this->wdb->prepare($sql);
 				$sth->execute(array($id,$u_id));
 				$row=$sth->fetch();