diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index d879fef87..3ebfff551 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -804,6 +804,15 @@ class SubredditInfoBar(CachedTemplate):
 
         CachedTemplate.__init__(self)
 
+    @property
+    def creator_text(self):
+        if self.sr.author:
+            if self.sr.is_moderator(self.sr.author) or self.sr.author._deleted:
+                return WrappedUser(self.sr.author).render()
+            else:
+                return self.sr.author.name
+        return None
+
     def nav(self):
         buttons = [NavButton(plurals.moderators, 'moderators')]
         if self.type != 'public':
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/subredditinfobar.html b/r2/r2/templates/subredditinfobar.html
index 6cff99275..d8d05dbeb 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/subredditinfobar.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/subredditinfobar.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
   <div class="bottom">
     %if thing.sr.author:
-      ${unsafe(_("created by&#32;%(user)s") % dict(user = unsafe(WrappedUser(thing.sr.author).render())))}
+      ${unsafe(_("created by&#32;%(user)s") % dict(user = unsafe(thing.creator_text)))}
     %endif
     
     <span class="age">