diff --git a/plugins/importexport/crossref/filter/ArticleCrossrefXmlFilter.inc.php b/plugins/importexport/crossref/filter/ArticleCrossrefXmlFilter.inc.php
index c6b21883346..417a4646356 100644
--- a/plugins/importexport/crossref/filter/ArticleCrossrefXmlFilter.inc.php
+++ b/plugins/importexport/crossref/filter/ArticleCrossrefXmlFilter.inc.php
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function createJournalArticleNode($doc, $submission) {
 				}
 
 			} else {
-				$personNameNode->appendChild($node = $doc->createElementNS($deployment->getNamespace(), 'surname', htmlspecialchars(ucfirst($author->getFullName(false)), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8')));
+				$personNameNode->appendChild($node = $doc->createElementNS($deployment->getNamespace(), 'surname', htmlspecialchars(ucfirst($givenNames[$locale]), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8')));
 			}
 
 			$contributorsNode->appendChild($personNameNode);