diff --git a/include/class_session.inc b/include/class_session.inc
index 58896ffdf10ffcf3e0ee9f84f8aa3b4cf4f2d34c..0066ee1f09674f4e337aae5ae4e1f43e592bf160 100644
--- a/include/class_session.inc
+++ b/include/class_session.inc
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class session {
    *
    * \param string $name Name of the session var
    */
-  public static function &global_get_ref($name)
+  public static function &get_ref ($name)
   {
     $ret = &$_SESSION[$name];
     return $ret;
diff --git a/include/class_userinfo.inc b/include/class_userinfo.inc
index 488300e4a6eebc33bf125eae59afc2cb7c907301..4da2e4e2757548f5c6264def07eec570e82e9b3f 100644
--- a/include/class_userinfo.inc
+++ b/include/class_userinfo.inc
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ class userinfo
     }
 
     /* 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) {
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ 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)) {
       $module = array($module);
diff --git a/include/functions.inc b/include/functions.inc
index 063bbb4dc00e208932079d9b282107c0575216aa..5f848ed87b17141fd7d129a5d27126b0d9bb5ee3 100644
--- a/include/functions.inc
+++ b/include/functions.inc
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ 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;
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ 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;