diff --git a/calendar/event.php b/calendar/event.php
index 5ba8ce51bff..2d52714a033 100644
--- a/calendar/event.php
+++ b/calendar/event.php
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ function calendar_add_event_allowed($courseid, $groupid, $userid) {
     
     $sitecontext = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM, SITEID);
     // if user has manageentries at site level, return true
-    if (has_capability('manageentries', $sitecontext)) {
+    if (has_capability('moodle/calendar:manageentries', $sitecontext)) {
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/calendar/lib.php b/calendar/lib.php
index c4e859af217..b3a465d0379 100644
--- a/calendar/lib.php
+++ b/calendar/lib.php
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ function calendar_edit_event_allowed($event) {
     
     $sitecontext = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM, SITEID);
     // if user has manageentries at site level, return true
-    if (has_capability('manageentries', $sitecontext)) {
+    if (has_capability('moodle/calendar:manageentries', $sitecontext)) {
         return true;
     }