diff --git a/lib/statslib.php b/lib/statslib.php
index a414faed00f..42cd8237bc2 100644
--- a/lib/statslib.php
+++ b/lib/statslib.php
@@ -1399,7 +1399,8 @@ function stats_get_report_options($courseid,$mode) {
             $sql = 'SELECT r.id, r.name FROM {role} r JOIN {stats_daily} s ON s.roleid = r.id WHERE s.courseid = :courseid GROUP BY r.id, r.name';
             if ($roles = $DB->get_records_sql($sql, array('courseid' => $courseid))) {
                 foreach ($roles as $role) {
-                    $reportoptions[STATS_REPORT_ACTIVITYBYROLE.$role->id] = get_string('statsreport'.STATS_REPORT_ACTIVITYBYROLE). ' '.$role->name;
+                    $reportoptions[STATS_REPORT_ACTIVITYBYROLE.$role->id] = get_string('statsreport'.STATS_REPORT_ACTIVITYBYROLE).
+                        ' ' . format_string($role->name, true, ['context' => $context]);
                 }
             }
         }