diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 98d42c4ffab..53891654e6e 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ def depart_document(self, node):
                 target = self.hypertarget(bi[2] + ':' + bi[3],
                                           withdoc=False)
                 self.body.append(u'\\bibitem[%s]{%s}{%s %s}\n' %
-                                 (self.encode(bi[0]), self.idescape(bi[0]),
+                                 (self.encode(bi[3]), self.idescape(bi[0]),
                                   target, bi[1]))
             self.body.append(u'\\end{sphinxthebibliography}\n')
             self.bibitems = []