diff --git a/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php b/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php
index d6101b7392..8a322ac52a 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/src/UpdateFetcher.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public function __construct(ConfigFactoryInterface $config_factory, ClientInterf
    */
   public function fetchProjectData(array $project, $site_key = '') {
     $url = $this->buildFetchUrl($project, $site_key);
-    return $this->doRequestWithHTTPFallback($url, ['headers' => ['Accept' => 'text/xml']], $this->withHttpFallback);
+    return $this->doRequest($url, ['headers' => ['Accept' => 'text/xml']], $this->withHttpFallback);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public function fetchProjectData(array $project, $site_key = '') {
    *
    * @return string
    */
-  protected function doRequestWithHTTPFallback($url, array $options, $with_http_fallback) {
+  protected function doRequest($url, array $options, $with_http_fallback) {
     $data = '';
     try {
       $data = (string) $this->httpClient
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ protected function doRequestWithHTTPFallback($url, array $options, $with_http_fa
 
       if ($with_http_fallback && strpos($exception->getMessage(), 'SSL certificate problem: Invalid') !== FALSE) {
         $url = str_replace('https://', 'http://', $url);
-        return $this->doRequestWithHTTPFallback($url, $options, FALSE);
+        return $this->doRequest($url, $options, FALSE);
       }
     }
     return $data;