diff --git a/plone/app/discussion/comment.py b/plone/app/discussion/comment.py
index 619b7d1..06fd026 100644
--- a/plone/app/discussion/comment.py
+++ b/plone/app/discussion/comment.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Comment(CatalogAware, WorkflowAware, DynamicType, Traversable,
                                           default=u"Anonymous")))
         else:
             creator = self.creator
-            creator = creator.decode("utf-8")
+            creator = creator
             
         # Fetch the content object (the parent of the comment is the 
         # conversation, the parent of the conversation is the content object).