diff --git a/java/bench/spark/src/java/org/apache/orc/bench/spark/SparkBenchmark.java b/java/bench/spark/src/java/org/apache/orc/bench/spark/SparkBenchmark.java
index 360c4de923..1285875dcf 100644
--- a/java/bench/spark/src/java/org/apache/orc/bench/spark/SparkBenchmark.java
+++ b/java/bench/spark/src/java/org/apache/orc/bench/spark/SparkBenchmark.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.apache.spark.sql.vectorized.ColumnarBatch;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
 import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
 @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS)
 @AutoService(OrcBenchmark.class)
+@Fork(jvmArgsAppend = "--add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED")
 public class SparkBenchmark implements OrcBenchmark {
 
   private static final Path root = Utilities.getBenchmarkRoot();