diff --git a/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/JdkSslEngineTest.java b/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/JdkSslEngineTest.java
index 640823ade8..d975b30651 100644
--- a/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/JdkSslEngineTest.java
+++ b/handler/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/JdkSslEngineTest.java
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public class JdkSslEngineTest extends SSLEngineTest {
     @Override
     protected boolean mySetupMutualAuthServerIsValidException(Throwable cause) {
         // TODO(scott): work around for a JDK issue. The exception should be SSLHandshakeException.
-        return super.mySetupMutualAuthServerIsValidException(cause) || cause instanceof SSLException;
+        return super.mySetupMutualAuthServerIsValidException(cause) || causedBySSLException(cause);
     }
 
     private void runTest() throws Exception {