diff --git a/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/gtk3_interface.c b/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/gtk3_interface.c
index 8e9d18596997bb39de9e716ec1708cf8dac6604a..e11ae1b92478b53e845b2fa5d8aaf97d1f14806c 100644
--- a/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/gtk3_interface.c
+++ b/src/solaris/native/sun/awt/gtk3_interface.c
@@ -2356,9 +2356,11 @@ static gint gtk3_get_color_for_state(JNIEnv *env, WidgetType widget_type,
 
     init_containers();
 
-    if (widget_type == TEXT_FIELD && state_type == GTK_STATE_SELECTED &&
-        color_type == TEXT_BACKGROUND) {
-        widget_type = TEXT_AREA;
+    if (gtk3_version_3_20) {
+        if ((widget_type == TEXT_FIELD || widget_type == PASSWORD_FIELD || widget_type == SPINNER_TEXT_FIELD ||
+            widget_type == FORMATTED_TEXT_FIELD) && state_type == GTK_STATE_SELECTED && color_type == TEXT_BACKGROUND) {
+            widget_type = TEXT_AREA;
+        }
     }
 
     GtkStyleContext* context = NULL;