diff --git a/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java b/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java
index 7849ce8c09d..2b54131e2cc 100644
--- a/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java
+++ b/jcl/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ static class ClearBeforeEnqueue {
 			  }
 			});
 	}
+	
+	/* The method waitForReferenceProcessing() is not used directly, just adapt for openjdk regression tests for TLS 1.3 */
+    private static boolean waitForReferenceProcessing() throws InterruptedException {
+    		return waitForReferenceProcessingImpl();
+    }
+
 	/*[ELSE]
 	static {
 		SharedSecrets.setJavaLangRefAccess(new JavaLangRefAccess() {