diff --git a/main/admin/course_import.php b/main/admin/course_import.php
index e784ce11c8..daec05443a 100644
--- a/main/admin/course_import.php
+++ b/main/admin/course_import.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function save_data($courses) {
 	global $purification_option_for_usernames;
 	$msg = '';
 	foreach ($courses as $index => $course) {
-		$course_language = api_validate_language($course['Language']);
+		$course_language = api_get_valid_language($course['Language']);
 		$keys = define_course_keys($course['Code'], '', $_configuration['db_prefix']);
 		$user_table = Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_USER);
 		$sql = "SELECT user_id, ".(api_is_western_name_order(null, $course_language) ? "CONCAT(firstname,' ',lastname)" : "CONCAT(lastname,' ',firstname)")." AS name FROM $user_table WHERE username = '".Database::escape_string(UserManager::purify_username($course['Teacher'], $purification_option_for_usernames))."'";
diff --git a/main/admin/session_import.php b/main/admin/session_import.php
index 02aaa9a4ae..fa766fcadc 100644
--- a/main/admin/session_import.php
+++ b/main/admin/session_import.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ if ($_POST['formSent']) {
 						$course_code = trim(api_utf8_decode($courseNode->CourseCode));
 						$title = trim(api_utf8_decode($courseNode->CourseTitle));
 						$description = trim(api_utf8_decode($courseNode->CourseDescription));
-						$language = api_validate_language(api_utf8_decode($courseNode->CourseLanguage));
+						$language = api_get_valid_language(api_utf8_decode($courseNode->CourseLanguage));
 						$username = trim(api_utf8_decode($courseNode->CourseTeacher));
 
 						// Looking up for the teacher.
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.php
index f028aa0268..3207031798 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.php
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function api_is_language_supported($language) {
  * @param string $language		The language identificator to be validated.
  * @return string				Returns the input language identificator. If the input language is not enabled, platform language is returned then.
  */
-function api_validate_language($language) {
+function api_get_valid_language($language) {
 	static $enabled_languages;
 	if (!isset($enabled_languages)) {
 		$enabled_languages_info = api_get_languages();
diff --git a/tests/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.test.php b/tests/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.test.php
index 465cc40a4d..7feb2e302f 100644
--- a/tests/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.test.php
+++ b/tests/main/inc/lib/internationalization.lib.test.php
@@ -1016,13 +1016,13 @@ class TestInternationalization extends UnitTestCase {
 		//var_dump($res9);
 	}
 
-	public function test_api_validate_language() {
+	public function test_api_get_valid_language() {
 		$language1 = '   '.strtoupper(api_get_interface_language()).'    ';
 		$language2 = " \t   ".strtoupper(api_get_setting('platformLanguage'))."   \t ";
 		$language3 = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
-		$res1 = api_validate_language($language1);
-		$res2 = api_validate_language($language2);
-		$res3 = api_validate_language($language3);
+		$res1 = api_get_valid_language($language1);
+		$res2 = api_get_valid_language($language2);
+		$res3 = api_get_valid_language($language3);
 		$this->assertTrue(
 			$res1 === api_get_interface_language()
 			&& $res2 === api_get_setting('platformLanguage')