diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.cpp
index c669c80ac8a..2e6fd768593 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void WorkerThreads::initialize_workers() {
   }
 }
 
-bool WorkerThreads::allow_creation_failure() const {
+bool WorkerThreads::allow_inject_creation_failure() const {
   if (!is_init_completed()) {
     // Never allow creation failures during VM init
     return false;
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ bool WorkerThreads::allow_creation_failure() const {
 }
 
 WorkerThread* WorkerThreads::create_worker(uint name_suffix) {
-  if (InjectGCWorkerCreationFailure && allow_creation_failure()) {
+  if (InjectGCWorkerCreationFailure && allow_inject_creation_failure()) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.hpp
index 0b4da21ebc4..abb977decc9 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/workerThread.hpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public:
   WorkerThreads(const char* name, uint max_workers);
 
   void initialize_workers();
-  bool allow_creation_failure() const;
+  bool allow_inject_creation_failure() const;
 
   uint max_workers() const     { return _max_workers; }
   uint created_workers() const { return _created_workers; }