diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
index fb673161f17ab..4e23b4828bdca 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@
  * @bug 8011536 8151430 8316304 8334339
  * @summary Basic test for creationTime attribute on platforms/file systems
  *     that support it, tests using /tmp directory.
- * @library  ../.. /test/lib
- * @build jdk.test.lib.Platform
- * @run main/native CreationTime
+ * @library  ../.. /test/lib /java/foreign
+ * @build jdk.test.lib.Platform NativeTestHelper
+ * @run main/othervm --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED CreationTime
  */
 
 /* @test id=cwd
  * @summary Basic test for creationTime attribute on platforms/file systems
  *     that support it, tests using the test scratch directory, the test
  *     scratch directory maybe at diff disk partition to /tmp on linux.
- * @library  ../.. /test/lib
- * @build jdk.test.lib.Platform
- * @run main/native CreationTime .
+ * @library  ../.. /test/lib /java/foreign
+ * @build jdk.test.lib.Platform NativeTestHelper
+ * @run main/othervm --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED CreationTime .
  */
 
 import java.lang.foreign.Linker;
@@ -107,7 +107,11 @@ static void test(Path top) throws IOException {
             }
         } else if (Platform.isLinux()) {
             // Creation time read depends on statx system call support
-            supportsCreationTimeRead = CreationTimeHelper.linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(file.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+            try {
+                supportsCreationTimeRead = CreationTimeHelper.linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(file.toAbsolutePath().toString());
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                supportsCreationTimeRead = false;
+            }
             // Creation time updates are not supported on Linux
             supportsCreationTimeWrite = false;
         }
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTimeHelper.java b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTimeHelper.java
index f57f6a6892541..43d737c2ba003 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTimeHelper.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTimeHelper.java
@@ -20,12 +20,32 @@
  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  * questions.
  */
-public class CreationTimeHelper {
+
+import java.lang.foreign.Arena;
+import java.lang.foreign.FunctionDescriptor;
+import java.lang.foreign.Linker;
+import java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment;
+import java.lang.foreign.SymbolLookup;
+import java.lang.foreign.ValueLayout;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
+
+public class CreationTimeHelper extends NativeTestHelper {
 
     static {
         System.loadLibrary("CreationTimeHelper");
     }
 
+    final static Linker abi = Linker.nativeLinker();
+    static final SymbolLookup lookup = SymbolLookup.loaderLookup();
+    final static MethodHandle methodHandle = abi.downcallHandle(lookup.findOrThrow("linuxIsCreationTimeSupported"),
+            FunctionDescriptor.of(C_BOOL, C_POINTER));
+
     // Helper so as to determine 'statx' support on the runtime system
-    static native boolean linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(String file);
+    // static boolean linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(String file);
+    static boolean linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(String file) throws Throwable {
+        try (var arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
+            MemorySegment s = arena.allocateFrom(file);
+            return (boolean)methodHandle.invokeExact(s);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/libCreationTimeHelper.c b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/libCreationTimeHelper.c
index 8bee748e9f4e5..52c2976129038 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/libCreationTimeHelper.c
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/libCreationTimeHelper.c
@@ -20,8 +20,15 @@
  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  * questions.
  */
-#include "jni.h"
+#include "export.h"
 #if defined(__linux__)
+#if (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
+  #include <stdbool.h>
+#else
+  #define bool int
+  #define true 1
+  #define false 0
+#endif
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -85,9 +92,8 @@ typedef int statx_func(int dirfd, const char *restrict pathname, int flags,
 static statx_func* my_statx_func = NULL;
 #endif  //#defined(__linux__)
 
-// static native boolean linuxIsCreationTimeSupported()
-JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
-Java_CreationTimeHelper_linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jstring file) {
+// static boolean linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(char* file)
+EXPORT bool linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(char* file) {
 #if defined(__linux__)
     struct my_statx stx;
     int ret, atflag = AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW;
@@ -96,34 +102,25 @@ Java_CreationTimeHelper_linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, js
 
     my_statx_func = (statx_func*) dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "statx");
     if (my_statx_func == NULL) {
-        return JNI_FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
     if (file == NULL) {
         printf("input file error!\n");
-        return JNI_FALSE;
-    }
-    const char *utfChars = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, file, NULL);
-    if (utfChars == NULL) {
-        printf("jstring convert to char array error!\n");
-        return JNI_FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
 
-    ret = my_statx_func(AT_FDCWD, utfChars, atflag, mask, &stx);
-
-    if (file != NULL && utfChars != NULL) {
-        (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, file, utfChars);
-    }
+    ret = my_statx_func(AT_FDCWD, file, atflag, mask, &stx);
 
     #ifdef DEBUG
     printf("birth time = %ld\n", stx.stx_btime.tv_sec);
     #endif
     if (ret != 0) {
-        return JNI_FALSE;
+        return false;
     }
     if (stx.stx_mask & STATX_BTIME)
-        return JNI_TRUE;
-    return JNI_FALSE;
+        return true;
+    return false;
 #else
     return JNI_FALSE;
 #endif