diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp
index 58b86931999..e234370f902 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.cpp
@@ -127,8 +127,12 @@ void GitSubmitEditorWidget::refreshLog(const QString &repository)
 GitSubmitEditorPanelData GitSubmitEditorWidget::panelData() const
 {
     GitSubmitEditorPanelData rc;
-    rc.author = m_gitSubmitPanelUi.authorLineEdit->text();
-    rc.email = m_gitSubmitPanelUi.emailLineEdit->text();
+    const QString author = m_gitSubmitPanelUi.authorLineEdit->text();
+    const QString email = m_gitSubmitPanelUi.emailLineEdit->text();
+    if (author != m_originalAuthor || email != m_originalEmail) {
+        rc.author = author;
+        rc.email = email;
+    }
     rc.bypassHooks = m_gitSubmitPanelUi.bypassHooksCheckBox->isChecked();
     rc.pushAction = m_pushAction;
     return rc;
@@ -136,6 +140,8 @@ GitSubmitEditorPanelData GitSubmitEditorWidget::panelData() const
 
 void GitSubmitEditorWidget::setPanelData(const GitSubmitEditorPanelData &data)
 {
+    m_originalAuthor = data.author;
+    m_originalEmail = data.email;
     m_gitSubmitPanelUi.authorLineEdit->setText(data.author);
     m_gitSubmitPanelUi.emailLineEdit->setText(data.email);
     m_gitSubmitPanelUi.bypassHooksCheckBox->setChecked(data.bypassHooks);
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h
index cc67233e0e2..3da3173b857 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsubmiteditorwidget.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ private:
     LogChangeWidget *m_logChangeWidget;
     Ui::GitSubmitPanel m_gitSubmitPanelUi;
     QValidator *m_emailValidator;
+    QString m_originalAuthor;
+    QString m_originalEmail;
     bool m_hasUnmerged;
     bool m_isInitialized;
 };