diff --git a/includes/rules.core.inc b/includes/rules.core.inc
index a5f1155..8606ab5 100644
--- a/includes/rules.core.inc
+++ b/includes/rules.core.inc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class RulesEntityController extends EntityAPIController {
         $entity->$field = $record->$field;
       }
       unset($entity->data, $entity->plugin);
-      $entities[$entity->name] = $entity;
+      $entities[$entity->id] = $entity;
     }
     $queried_entities = $entities;
     parent::attachLoad($queried_entities, $revision_id);
diff --git a/rules.module b/rules.module
index 126908d..ddde229 100644
--- a/rules.module
+++ b/rules.module
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ function rules_hook_info() {
  *   An array of rule configurations indexed by their ids.
  */
 function rules_config_load_multiple($names = array(), $conditions = array()) {
-  return entity_get_controller('rules_config')->load($names, $conditions);
+  return entity_load_multiple_by_name('rules_config', $names, $conditions);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -612,8 +612,7 @@ function rules_config_load_multiple($names = array(), $conditions = array()) {
  * @return RulesPlugin
  */
 function rules_config_load($name) {
-  $result = entity_get_controller('rules_config')->load(array($name));
-  return reset($result);
+  return entity_load_single('rules_config', $name);
 }
 
 /**