diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index e97215da1c3f75722776e980e12c1765cc538b86..4e0f4338614b555dd3f51ac0aa2318b4c17e44ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 Drupal 7.35, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 -----------------------
+- Fixed a bug in the Contact module which caused the global user object to have
+  the incorrect name and e-mail address during the remainder of the page
+  request after the contact form is submitted.
 
 Drupal 7.34, 2014-11-19
 ----------------------
diff --git a/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc b/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc
index ba8918bf517df289141f5a84dd173126c60f3757..233818ce59bd7a267234e99b28215260d7596d1a 100644
--- a/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc
+++ b/modules/contact/contact.pages.inc
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function contact_site_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   global $user, $language;
 
   $values = $form_state['values'];
-  $values['sender'] = $user;
+  $values['sender'] = clone $user;
   $values['sender']->name = $values['name'];
   $values['sender']->mail = $values['mail'];
   $values['category'] = contact_load($values['cid']);
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ function contact_personal_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   global $user, $language;
 
   $values = $form_state['values'];
-  $values['sender'] = $user;
+  $values['sender'] = clone $user;
   $values['sender']->name = $values['name'];
   $values['sender']->mail = $values['mail'];