diff --git a/frappe/patches/v11_0/create_contact_for_user.py b/frappe/patches/v11_0/create_contact_for_user.py
index 3dc8b41d33..86fc62cbff 100644
--- a/frappe/patches/v11_0/create_contact_for_user.py
+++ b/frappe/patches/v11_0/create_contact_for_user.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ def execute():
 	users = frappe.get_all('User', filters={"name": ('not in', 'Administrator, Guest')}, fields=["*"])
 	special_characters = "<>"
 	for user in users:
-		if re.findall("[{0}]+".format(special_characters), user.full_name):
-			continue
+		user.first_name = re.sub("[{0}]+".format(special_characters), '', str(user.first_name))
+		user.last_name  = re.sub("[{0}]+".format(special_characters), '', str(user.last_name))
 		create_contact(user)