diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-events-nplus-one.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-events-nplus-one.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5a974bef305b89964ca6b013130fe895f3711fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/sh-fix-events-nplus-one.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Eliminate N+1 queries with authors and push_data_payload in Events API
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: performance
diff --git a/lib/api/events.rb b/lib/api/events.rb
index b0713ff1d54b45594842f23201188e711e19ce0a..fc4ba5a31888125e9e0124ad057df220024cd44a 100644
--- a/lib/api/events.rb
+++ b/lib/api/events.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module API
 
       def present_events(events)
         events = events.reorder(created_at: params[:sort])
+                 .with_associations
 
         present paginate(events), with: Entities::Event
       end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/events_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/events_spec.rb
index 962c845f36d3d888caf8d1b5178d225fdc2b81bc..e6a61fdcf392611465a1862aab50ed9b703880bb 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/events_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/events_spec.rb
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ describe API::Events do
       end
 
       it 'avoids N+1 queries' do
-        control_count = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new do
+        control_count = ActiveRecord::QueryRecorder.new(skip_cached: false) do
           get api("/projects/#{private_project.id}/events", user), target_type: :merge_request
         end.count
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ describe API::Events do
 
         expect do
           get api("/projects/#{private_project.id}/events", user), target_type: :merge_request
-        end.not_to exceed_query_limit(control_count)
+        end.not_to exceed_all_query_limit(control_count)
 
         expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
         expect(response).to include_pagination_headers