diff --git a/include/class_session.inc b/include/class_session.inc
index 033da8ed26ebc83ff39d0c569586b6dbdc2b6f76..25cbe9716f52a11dab3a91b35c5724a490f55663 100644
--- a/include/class_session.inc
+++ b/include/class_session.inc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class session
    *
    * \param string $name Name of the session var
    */
-  public static function &global_get_ref ($name)
+  public static function &get_ref ($name)
   {
     return $_SESSION[$name];
   }
diff --git a/include/class_userinfo.inc b/include/class_userinfo.inc
index 6593680ecb0eb344d0ade261c54843e4da61928c..6462e4ec744cd0345aa4d116766af434cf6335de 100644
--- a/include/class_userinfo.inc
+++ b/include/class_userinfo.inc
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ class userinfo
     $attribute = static::sanitizeAttributeName($attribute);
 
     /* Push cache answer? */
-    $ACL_CACHE = &session::global_get_ref('ACL_CACHE');
+    $ACL_CACHE = &session::get_ref('ACL_CACHE');
     if (isset($ACL_CACHE["$dn+$object+$attribute"])) {
       $ret = $ACL_CACHE["$dn+$object+$attribute"];
       if ($skip_write) {
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ class userinfo
     }
 
     /* Use cached results if possilbe */
-    $ACL_CACHE = &session::global_get_ref('ACL_CACHE');
+    $ACL_CACHE = &session::get_ref('ACL_CACHE');
 
     if (!is_array($module)) {
       $module = [$module];
diff --git a/include/functions.inc b/include/functions.inc
index ba060772d7881734d7736250f4d7e613680a3ca5..add8a6c5d258b7b1bb251b53719fc149f0423f63 100644
--- a/include/functions.inc
+++ b/include/functions.inc
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ function add_lock ($object, $user)
     return;
   }
 
-  $cache = &session::global_get_ref('LOCK_CACHE');
+  $cache = &session::get_ref('LOCK_CACHE');
   if (isset($_POST['open_readonly'])) {
     $cache['READ_ONLY'][$object] = TRUE;
     return;
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ function del_lock ($object)
       skip removing the lock entry, there wasn't any lock created.
     */
   if (session::is_set('LOCK_CACHE')) {
-    $cache = &session::global_get_ref('LOCK_CACHE');
+    $cache = &session::get_ref('LOCK_CACHE');
     if (isset($cache['READ_ONLY'][$object])) {
       unset($cache['READ_ONLY'][$object]);
       return;