diff --git a/mode/ebnf/ebnf.js b/mode/ebnf/ebnf.js
index 6b51aba07e..9618f8e42b 100644
--- a/mode/ebnf/ebnf.js
+++ b/mode/ebnf/ebnf.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
         if (bracesMode !== null && (state.braced || peek === "{")) {
           if (state.localState === null)
-            state.localState = bracesMode.startState();
+            state.localState = CodeMirror.startState(bracesMode);
 
           var token = bracesMode.token(stream, state.localState),
           text = stream.current();
diff --git a/mode/haml/haml.js b/mode/haml/haml.js
index 86def73ebb..20ae1e19ca 100644
--- a/mode/haml/haml.js
+++ b/mode/haml/haml.js
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
     return {
       // default to html mode
       startState: function() {
-        var htmlState = htmlMode.startState();
-        var rubyState = rubyMode.startState();
+        var htmlState = CodeMirror.startState(htmlMode);
+        var rubyState = CodeMirror.startState(rubyMode);
         return {
           htmlState: htmlState,
           rubyState: rubyState,
diff --git a/mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed.js b/mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed.js
index 6574fbd569..d74083ee1a 100644
--- a/mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed.js
+++ b/mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
     return {
       startState: function () {
-        var state = htmlMode.startState();
+        var state = CodeMirror.startState(htmlMode);
         return {token: html, inTag: null, localMode: null, localState: null, htmlState: state};
       },
 
diff --git a/mode/jade/jade.js b/mode/jade/jade.js
index 1db069a90e..51ed105aca 100644
--- a/mode/jade/jade.js
+++ b/mode/jade/jade.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode('jade', function (config) {
     this.isInterpolating = false;
     this.interpolationNesting = 0;
 
-    this.jsState = jsMode.startState();
+    this.jsState = CodeMirror.startState(jsMode);
 
     this.restOfLine = '';
 
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode('jade', function (config) {
       if (state.inAttributeName && stream.match(/^[^=,\)!]+/)) {
         if (stream.peek() === '=' || stream.peek() === '!') {
           state.inAttributeName = false;
-          state.jsState = jsMode.startState();
+          state.jsState = CodeMirror.startState(jsMode);
           if (state.lastTag === 'script' && stream.current().trim().toLowerCase() === 'type') {
             state.attributeIsType = true;
           } else {
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode('jade', function (config) {
     if (stream.indentation() > state.indentOf || (state.innerModeForLine && !stream.sol()) || force) {
       if (state.innerMode) {
         if (!state.innerState) {
-          state.innerState = state.innerMode.startState ? state.innerMode.startState(stream.indentation()) : {};
+          state.innerState = state.innerMode.startState ? CodeMirror.startState(state.innerMode, stream.indentation()) : {};
         }
         return stream.hideFirstChars(state.indentOf + 2, function () {
           return state.innerMode.token(stream, state.innerState) || true;
diff --git a/mode/markdown/markdown.js b/mode/markdown/markdown.js
index 8995fd5f5a..fd8f647fd2 100644
--- a/mode/markdown/markdown.js
+++ b/mode/markdown/markdown.js
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode("markdown", function(cmCfg, modeCfg) {
       state.fencedChars = match[1]
       // try switching mode
       state.localMode = getMode(match[2]);
-      if (state.localMode) state.localState = state.localMode.startState();
+      if (state.localMode) state.localState = CodeMirror.startState(state.localMode);
       state.f = state.block = local;
       if (modeCfg.highlightFormatting) state.formatting = "code-block";
       state.code = -1
diff --git a/mode/pegjs/pegjs.js b/mode/pegjs/pegjs.js
index 8e87b59eca..6c72074666 100644
--- a/mode/pegjs/pegjs.js
+++ b/mode/pegjs/pegjs.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ CodeMirror.defineMode("pegjs", function (config) {
         return "comment";
       } else if (state.braced || stream.peek() === '{') {
         if (state.localState === null) {
-          state.localState = jsMode.startState();
+          state.localState = CodeMirror.startState(jsMode);
         }
         var token = jsMode.token(stream, state.localState);
         var text = stream.current();
diff --git a/mode/slim/slim.js b/mode/slim/slim.js
index 164464d066..991a97efcd 100644
--- a/mode/slim/slim.js
+++ b/mode/slim/slim.js
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
       };
       return function(stream, state) {
         rubyState = state.rubyState;
-        state.rubyState = rubyMode.startState();
+        state.rubyState = CodeMirror.startState(rubyMode);
         state.tokenize = runSplat;
         return ruby(stream, state);
       };
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 
     function startSubMode(mode, state) {
       var subMode = getMode(mode);
-      var subState = subMode.startState && subMode.startState();
+      var subState = CodeMirror.startState(subMode);
 
       state.subMode = subMode;
       state.subState = subState;
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@
     var mode = {
       // default to html mode
       startState: function() {
-        var htmlState = htmlMode.startState();
-        var rubyState = rubyMode.startState();
+        var htmlState = CodeMirror.startState(htmlMode);
+        var rubyState = CodeMirror.startState(rubyMode);
         return {
           htmlState: htmlState,
           rubyState: rubyState,