diff --git a/src/applications/people/PhabricatorUserEditor.php b/src/applications/people/PhabricatorUserEditor.php
index 9f811e42c5..ec734cc6b9 100644
--- a/src/applications/people/PhabricatorUserEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/PhabricatorUserEditor.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ final class PhabricatorUserEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
       }
 
       $log = PhabricatorUserLog::newLog(
-        $this->getActor(),
+        $this->requireActor(),
         $user,
         PhabricatorUserLog::ACTION_CREATE);
       $log->setNewValue($email->getAddress());
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ final class PhabricatorUserEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
       throw new Exception("User has not been created yet!");
     }
 
-    $actor = $this->requireActor();
     $user->openTransaction();
       $user->save();
       if ($email) {
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ final class PhabricatorUserEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
       }
 
       $log = PhabricatorUserLog::newLog(
-        $actor,
+        $this->requireActor(),
         $user,
         PhabricatorUserLog::ACTION_EDIT);
       $log->save();
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ final class PhabricatorUserEditor extends PhabricatorEditor {
       $user->save();
 
       $log = PhabricatorUserLog::newLog(
-        $this->getActor(),
+        $this->requireActor(),
         $user,
         PhabricatorUserLog::ACTION_CHANGE_PASSWORD);
       $log->save();
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/PhabricatorEditor.php b/src/infrastructure/PhabricatorEditor.php
index df6e901541..d92322b999 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/PhabricatorEditor.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/PhabricatorEditor.php
@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-abstract class PhabricatorEditor {
+abstract class PhabricatorEditor extends Phobject {
 
   private $actor;
   private $excludeMailRecipientPHIDs = array();
 
-  final public function setActor(PhabricatorUser $user) {
-    $this->user = $user;
+  final public function setActor(PhabricatorUser $actor) {
+    $this->actor = $actor;
     return $this;
   }
+
   final protected function getActor() {
-    return $this->user;
+    return $this->actor;
   }
+
   final protected function requireActor() {
     $actor = $this->getActor();
     if (!$actor) {
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ abstract class PhabricatorEditor {
     $this->excludeMailRecipientPHIDs = $phids;
     return $this;
   }
+
   final protected function getExcludeMailRecipientPHIDs() {
     return $this->excludeMailRecipientPHIDs;
   }