diff --git a/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php b/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php
index 3d9568e8e07..82c13a8ef6f 100644
--- a/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php
+++ b/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ public function getSurveys_json()
         $dateformatdetails = getDateFormatData(Yii::app()->session['dateformat']);
 
         $oSurvey = new Survey;
-        if (!Permission::model()->hasGlobalPermission('surveys','read'))
+        if (!Permission::model()->hasGlobalPermission('superadmin','read'))
             $oSurvey->permission(Yii::app()->user->getId());
 
         $aSurveys = $oSurvey->with(array('languagesettings'=>array('condition'=>'surveyls_language=language'), 'owner'))->findAll();
diff --git a/application/helpers/common_helper.php b/application/helpers/common_helper.php
index 83169b85335..cfc28ee2cbc 100644
--- a/application/helpers/common_helper.php
+++ b/application/helpers/common_helper.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ function getSurveyList($returnarray=false, $surveyid=false)
 
     if(is_null($cached)) {
         $args = array('order'=>'surveyls_title');
-        if (!Permission::model()->hasGlobalPermission('surveys','read'))
+        if (!Permission::model()->hasGlobalPermission('superadmin','read'))
         {
             $surveyidresult = Survey::model()->permission(Yii::app()->user->getId())->with('defaultlanguage')->findAll($args);
         } else {
@@ -7589,7 +7589,7 @@ function getSerialClass($sSerial) {
         $aTypes = array('s' => 'string', 'a' => 'array', 'b' => 'bool', 'i' => 'int', 'd' => 'float', 'N;' => 'NULL');
 
         $aParts = explode(':', $sSerial, 4);
-        return isset($aTypes[$aParts[0]]) ? $aTypes[$aParts[0]] : ( isset($aParts[2]) ? trim($aParts[2], '"') : null);
+        return isset($aTypes[$aParts[0]]) ? $aTypes[$aParts[0]] : trim($aParts[2], '"');
     }
 
 // Closing PHP tag intentionally omitted - yes, it is okay
diff --git a/application/models/Permission.php b/application/models/Permission.php
index fb35e5a19d8..8b3adfc141d 100644
--- a/application/models/Permission.php
+++ b/application/models/Permission.php
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ function hasPermission($iEntityID, $sEntityName, $sPermission, $sCRUD, $iUserID=
             // If you own a survey you have access to the whole survey
             if ($iUserID==$aSurveyInfo['owner_id']) return true;
         }
+
         // Check if superadmin and cache it
         if (!isset($aPermissionCache[0]['global'][$iUserID]['superadmin']['read_p']))
         {
@@ -548,8 +549,8 @@ function hasGlobalPermission($sPermission, $sCRUD, $iUserID=null)
     */
     function hasSurveyPermission($iSurveyID, $sPermission, $sCRUD, $iUserID=null)
     {
-        return ($this->hasGlobalPermission('surveys',$sCRUD,$iUserID) || $this->hasPermission($iSurveyID, 'survey', $sPermission, $sCRUD, $iUserID));
-    }
+        return $this->hasPermission($iSurveyID, 'survey', $sPermission, $sCRUD, $iUserID);
+    }        
 
     /**
     * Returns true if a user has permission to use a certain template
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ function hasSurveyPermission($iSurveyID, $sPermission, $sCRUD, $iUserID=null)
     */
     function hasTemplatePermission($sTemplateName, $sCRUD='read', $iUserID=null)
     {
-        return ($this->hasGlobalPermission('templates',$sCRUD,$iUserID) || $this->hasPermission(0, 'template', $sTemplateName, $sCRUD, $iUserID));
+        return $this->hasPermission(0, 'template', $sTemplateName, $sCRUD, $iUserID);
     }
 
     /**