diff --git a/lib/form/select.php b/lib/form/select.php
index b4e0bd8ab2b..050ad014690 100644
--- a/lib/form/select.php
+++ b/lib/form/select.php
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ class MoodleQuickForm_select extends HTML_QuickForm_select implements templatabl
         }
         $context['options'] = $options;
         $context['nameraw'] = $this->getName();
+        $context['staticlabel'] = $this->_flagFrozen;
 
         return $context;
     }