diff --git a/mod/feedback/lib.php b/mod/feedback/lib.php
index 16e3058112f..8db45cd0793 100644
--- a/mod/feedback/lib.php
+++ b/mod/feedback/lib.php
@@ -456,6 +456,17 @@ function feedback_scale_used ($feedbackid,$scaleid) {
     return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Checks if scale is being used by any instance of feedback
+ *
+ * This is used to find out if scale used anywhere
+ * @param $scaleid int
+ * @return boolean True if the scale is used by any assignment
+ */
+function feedback_scale_used_anywhere($scaleid) {
+    return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * This function is used by the reset_course_userdata function in moodlelib.
  * This function will remove all responses from the specified feedback