diff --git a/lib/classes/plugin_manager.php b/lib/classes/plugin_manager.php
index 22da707d965..5451edb2dee 100644
--- a/lib/classes/plugin_manager.php
+++ b/lib/classes/plugin_manager.php
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class core_plugin_manager {
     public function get_plugin_types() {
         if (func_num_args() > 0) {
             if (!func_get_arg(0)) {
-                throw coding_exception('core_plugin_manager->get_plugin_types() does not support relative paths.');
+                throw new coding_exception('core_plugin_manager->get_plugin_types() does not support relative paths.');
             }
         }
         if ($this->plugintypes) {
diff --git a/lib/navigationlib.php b/lib/navigationlib.php
index 8c4ee1deca5..935c5380af5 100644
--- a/lib/navigationlib.php
+++ b/lib/navigationlib.php
@@ -3651,7 +3651,7 @@ class breadcrumb_navigation_node extends navigation_node {
                  $this->$key = $value;
             }
         } else {
-            throw coding_exception('Not a valid breadcrumb_navigation_node');
+            throw new coding_exception('Not a valid breadcrumb_navigation_node');
         }
     }
 
@@ -3705,7 +3705,7 @@ class flat_navigation_node extends navigation_node {
                  $this->$key = $value;
             }
         } else {
-            throw coding_exception('Not a valid flat_navigation_node');
+            throw new coding_exception('Not a valid flat_navigation_node');
         }
         $this->indent = $indent;
     }
diff --git a/tag/classes/collection.php b/tag/classes/collection.php
index 2dd55d27f63..45c0ffa528b 100644
--- a/tag/classes/collection.php
+++ b/tag/classes/collection.php
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class core_tag_collection {
     public static function change_sortorder($tagcoll, $direction) {
         global $DB;
         if ($direction != -1 && $direction != 1) {
-            throw coding_exception('Second argument in tag_coll_change_sortorder() can be only 1 or -1');
+            throw new coding_exception('Second argument in tag_coll_change_sortorder() can be only 1 or -1');
         }
         $tagcolls = self::get_collections();
         $keys = array_keys($tagcolls);