diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Job.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Job.java
index dc439794a85461f7a80de57e36f6f85317fea690..f56654ec93b8ba91cc86d3a778884f06f622626b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Job.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Job.java
@@ -994,19 +994,8 @@ public abstract class Job<JobT extends Job<JobT, RunT>, RunT extends Run<JobT, R
      *   if not enough builds satisfying the threshold have been found. Never null.
      */
     public List<RunT> getLastBuildsOverThreshold(int numberOfBuilds, Result threshold) {
-        
-        List<RunT> result = new ArrayList<>(numberOfBuilds);
-        
         RunT r = getLastBuild();
-        while (r != null && result.size() < numberOfBuilds) {
-            if (!r.isBuilding() && 
-                 (r.getResult() != null && r.getResult().isBetterOrEqualTo(threshold))) {
-                result.add(r);
-            }
-            r = r.getPreviousBuild();
-        }
-        
-        return result;
+        return r.getBuildsOverThreshold(numberOfBuilds, threshold);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
index e0313fe666547d10ff4f063de1efd0153b832de2..f95217bbe515c0d6433a14f178563b05b1d59e02 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java
@@ -953,17 +953,32 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
      * @since 1.383
      */  
     public @Nonnull List<RunT> getPreviousBuildsOverThreshold(int numberOfBuilds, @Nonnull Result threshold) {
-        List<RunT> builds = new ArrayList<>(numberOfBuilds);
-        
         RunT r = getPreviousBuild();
+        return r.getBuildsOverThreshold(numberOfBuilds, threshold);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the last {@code numberOfBuilds} builds with a build result ≥ {@code threshold}.
+     *
+     * @param numberOfBuilds the desired number of builds
+     * @param threshold the build result threshold
+     * @return a list with the builds (youngest build first).
+     *   May be smaller than 'numberOfBuilds' or even empty
+     *   if not enough builds satisfying the threshold have been found. Never null.
+     * @since TODO
+     */
+    protected @Nonnull List<RunT> getBuildsOverThreshold(int numberOfBuilds, @Nonnull Result threshold) {
+        List<RunT> builds = new ArrayList<>(numberOfBuilds);
+
+        RunT r = _this();
         while (r != null && builds.size() < numberOfBuilds) {
-            if (!r.isBuilding() && 
+            if (!r.isBuilding() &&
                  (r.getResult() != null && r.getResult().isBetterOrEqualTo(threshold))) {
                 builds.add(r);
             }
             r = r.getPreviousBuild();
         }
-        
+
         return builds;
     }