diff --git a/blocks/activity_modules/block_activity_modules.php b/blocks/activity_modules/block_activity_modules.php
index 01b3278c1cdd5..f3efc68eddc47 100644
--- a/blocks/activity_modules/block_activity_modules.php
+++ b/blocks/activity_modules/block_activity_modules.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function get_content() {
         if ($COURSE->id == $this->instance->pageid) {
             $course = $COURSE;
         } else {
-            $course = get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
+            $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
         }
 
         require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/course/lib.php');
diff --git a/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php b/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php
index 9aa1e4a493964..5cbb6f69c773e 100644
--- a/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php
+++ b/blocks/blog_tags/block_blog_tags.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function get_content() {
                GROUP BY t.id, t.tagtype, t.name, t.rawname
                ORDER BY ct DESC, t.name ASC";
 
-        if ($tags = get_records_sql($sql, null, 0, $this->config->numberoftags)) {
+        if ($tags = $DB->get_records_sql($sql, null, 0, $this->config->numberoftags)) {
 
         /// There are 2 things to do:
         /// 1. tags with the same count should have the same size class
diff --git a/blocks/section_links/block_section_links.php b/blocks/section_links/block_section_links.php
index 76f51d6aee3c3..c41b93d35a00c 100644
--- a/blocks/section_links/block_section_links.php
+++ b/blocks/section_links/block_section_links.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function instance_config($instance) {
         global $DB;
 
         parent::instance_config($instance);
-        $course = get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
+        $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
         if (isset($course->format)) {
             if ($course->format == 'topics') {
                 $this->title = get_string('topics', 'block_section_links');
diff --git a/blocks/site_main_menu/block_site_main_menu.php b/blocks/site_main_menu/block_site_main_menu.php
index 4940ec6129b5d..ccf8e06921b85 100644
--- a/blocks/site_main_menu/block_site_main_menu.php
+++ b/blocks/site_main_menu/block_site_main_menu.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function get_content() {
         if ($COURSE->id == $this->instance->pageid) {
             $course = $COURSE;
         } else {
-            $course = get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
+            $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
         }
 
         require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/course/lib.php');
diff --git a/blocks/social_activities/block_social_activities.php b/blocks/social_activities/block_social_activities.php
index 2dd7f8c0ce8ae..75058ca7c63e4 100644
--- a/blocks/social_activities/block_social_activities.php
+++ b/blocks/social_activities/block_social_activities.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function get_content() {
         if ($COURSE->id == $this->instance->pageid) {
             $course = $COURSE;
         } else {
-            $course = get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
+            $course = $DB->get_record('course', array('id'=>$this->instance->pageid));
         }
 
         require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/course/lib.php');