diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
index 1bf1862657ba7..12205c8e84763 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ static void test(Path top) throws IOException {
             }
         } else if (Platform.isLinux()) {
             // Creation time read depends on statx system call support and on the file
-            // system storing the birth time. The tmpfs/ext3/nfs etc. file system type does not store
+            // system storing the birth time. The tmpfs/nfs etc. file system type does not store
             // the birth time.
             boolean statxIsPresent = Linker.nativeLinker().defaultLookup().find("statx").isPresent();
-            if (statxIsPresent && supportBirthTimeOnLinux(file)) {
+            if (statxIsPresent &&
+                    !Files.getFileStore(file).type().contentEquals("tmpfs") &&
+                    !Files.getFileStore(file).type().contains("nfs")) {
                 supportsCreationTimeRead = true;
             }
             // Creation time updates are not supported on Linux
@@ -148,25 +150,6 @@ static void test(Path top) throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * read the output of linux command `stat -c "%w" file`, if the output is "-",
-     * then the file system doesn't support birth time
-     */
-    public static boolean supportBirthTimeOnLinux(Path file) {
-        try {
-            String filePath = file.toAbsolutePath().toString();
-            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("stat", "-c", "%w", filePath);
-            pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
-            Process p = pb.start();
-            BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
-            String l = b.readLine();
-            if (l != null && l.equals("-")) { return false; }
-        } catch(Exception e) {
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         // create temporary directory to run tests
         Path dir;