diff --git a/lib/navigationlib.php b/lib/navigationlib.php
index aae2c948979..cd1710ccde5 100644
--- a/lib/navigationlib.php
+++ b/lib/navigationlib.php
@@ -2545,7 +2545,8 @@ class global_navigation extends navigation_node {
         $coursenode = $parent->add($shortname, $url, self::TYPE_COURSE, $shortname, $course->id);
         $coursenode->nodetype = self::NODETYPE_BRANCH;
         $coursenode->hidden = (!$course->visible);
-        $coursenode->title(format_string($course->fullname, true, array('context' => get_context_instance(CONTEXT_COURSE, $course->id))));
+        $fullname = format_string($course->fullname, true, array('context' => context_course::instance($course->id)));
+        $coursenode->title(str_replace('&', '&', $fullname));
         if (!$forcegeneric) {
             $this->addedcourses[$course->id] = $coursenode;
         }