diff --git c/core/modules/update/lib/Drupal/update/Controller/UpdateController.php w/core/modules/update/lib/Drupal/update/Controller/UpdateController.php
index 0f70b52..49f273e 100644
--- c/core/modules/update/lib/Drupal/update/Controller/UpdateController.php
+++ w/core/modules/update/lib/Drupal/update/Controller/UpdateController.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\update\Controller;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Controller\ControllerBase;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerInjectionInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 /**
  * Controller routines for update routes.
  */
-class UpdateController implements ContainerInjectionInterface {
+class UpdateController extends ControllerBase implements ContainerInjectionInterface {
 
   /**
    * Module handler service.
@@ -63,27 +64,14 @@ public function updateStatus() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Checks for updates and displays the update status report.
-   *
    * Manually checks the update status without the use of cron.
    *
-   * @see update_menu()
+   * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse|null
+   *   A redirect response if the batch is progressive. No return value otherwise.
    */
   function updateManualStatus() {
-    $this->moduleHandler->loadInclude('update', 'fetch.inc');
-    _update_refresh();
-    $batch = array(
-      'operations' => array(
-        array('update_fetch_data_batch', array()),
-      ),
-      'finished' => 'update_fetch_data_finished',
-      'title' => t('Checking available update data'),
-      'progress_message' => t('Trying to check available update data ...'),
-      'error_message' => t('Error checking available update data.'),
-      'file' => drupal_get_path('module', 'update') . '/update.fetch.inc',
-    );
-    batch_set($batch);
-    return batch_process('admin/reports/updates');
+    module_load_include('fetch.inc', 'update');
+    return update_manual_status();
   }
 
 }
diff --git c/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc w/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
index d8abe7a..e84c691 100644
--- c/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
+++ w/core/modules/update/update.fetch.inc
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\Crypt;
 
 /**
+ * Page callback: Checks for updates and displays the update status report.
+ *
+ * Manually checks the update status without the use of cron.
+ *
+ * @see update_menu()
+ */
+function update_manual_status() {
+  _update_refresh();
+  $batch = array(
+    'operations' => array(
+      array('update_fetch_data_batch', array()),
+    ),
+    'finished' => 'update_fetch_data_finished',
+    'title' => t('Checking available update data'),
+    'progress_message' => t('Trying to check available update data ...'),
+    'error_message' => t('Error checking available update data.'),
+    'file' => drupal_get_path('module', 'update') . '/update.fetch.inc',
+  );
+  batch_set($batch);
+  return batch_process('admin/reports/updates');
+}
+
+/**
  * Batch callback: Processes a step in batch for fetching available update data.
  *
  * @param $context