diff --git a/backend.native/tests/runtime/basic/worker_random.kt b/backend.native/tests/runtime/basic/worker_random.kt
index 2aaf1515066..f3350a2df8d 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/runtime/basic/worker_random.kt
+++ b/backend.native/tests/runtime/basic/worker_random.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fun testRandomWorkers() {
         // Now collect all results into current attempt's list
         val futureSet = futures.toSet()
         for (i in 0 until futureSet.size) {
-            val ready = futureSet.waitForMultipleFutures(10000)
+            val ready = waitForMultipleFutures(futureSet, 10000)
             ready.forEach { results[attempt].addAll(it.result) }
         }
     }
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker11.kt b/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker11.kt
index 91527808da3..72da9dffeb8 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker11.kt
+++ b/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker11.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fun initJobs(count: Int) = Array<Job?>(count) { i -> Job(i, i * 2, i)}
     val futureSet = futures.toSet()
     var consumed = 0
     while (consumed < futureSet.size) {
-        val ready = futureSet.waitForMultipleFutures(10000)
+        val ready = waitForMultipleFutures(futureSet, 10000)
         ready.forEach {
             it.consume { job ->
                 assertEquals(job.index * 3, job.counter)
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker2.kt b/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker2.kt
index c831b103dfc..2cc47f2afb6 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker2.kt
+++ b/backend.native/tests/runtime/workers/worker2.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ data class WorkerResult(val intResult: Int, val stringResult: String)
         val futureSet = futures.toSet()
         var consumed = 0
         while (consumed < futureSet.size) {
-            val ready = futureSet.waitForMultipleFutures(10000)
+            val ready = waitForMultipleFutures(futureSet, 10000)
             ready.forEach {
                 it.consume { result ->
                     if (result.stringResult != "attempt $attempt result") throw Error("Unexpected $result")
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/concurrent/Future.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/concurrent/Future.kt
index c994cfd590a..2208c3995b3 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/concurrent/Future.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/native/concurrent/Future.kt
@@ -63,28 +63,33 @@ public class Future<T> internal constructor(val id: Int) {
     override public fun toString(): String = "future $id"
 }
 
+
+@Deprecated("Use 'waitForMultipleFutures' top-level function instead", ReplaceWith("waitForMultipleFutures(this, millis)"), DeprecationLevel.ERROR)
+public fun <T> Collection<Future<T>>.waitForMultipleFutures(millis: Int): Set<Future<T>> = waitForMultipleFutures(this, millis)
+
+
 /**
  * Wait for availability of futures in the collection. Returns set with all futures which have
- * value available for the consumption, i.e. [FutureState.COMPUTED]
+ * value available for the consumption, i.e. [FutureState.COMPUTED].
  *
- * @param millis the amount of time to wait for the computed future
+ * @param timeoutMillis the amount of time in milliseconds to wait for the computed future
  */
-public fun <T> Collection<Future<T>>.waitForMultipleFutures(millis: Int): Set<Future<T>> {
+public fun <T> waitForMultipleFutures(futures: Collection<Future<T>>, timeoutMillis: Int): Set<Future<T>> {
     val result = mutableSetOf<Future<T>>()
 
     while (true) {
         val versionToken = versionToken()
-        for (future in this) {
+        for (future in futures) {
             if (future.state == FutureState.COMPUTED) {
                 result += future
             }
         }
         if (result.isNotEmpty()) return result
 
-        if (waitForAnyFuture(versionToken, millis)) break
+        if (waitForAnyFuture(versionToken, timeoutMillis)) break
     }
 
-    for (future in this) {
+    for (future in futures) {
         if (future.state == FutureState.COMPUTED) {
             result += future
         }
diff --git a/samples/workers/src/workersMain/kotlin/Workers.kt b/samples/workers/src/workersMain/kotlin/Workers.kt
index e1aea903558..580c6155dfc 100644
--- a/samples/workers/src/workersMain/kotlin/Workers.kt
+++ b/samples/workers/src/workersMain/kotlin/Workers.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fun main() {
         val futureSet = futures.toSet()
         var consumed = 0
         while (consumed < futureSet.size) {
-            val ready = futureSet.waitForMultipleFutures(10000)
+            val ready = waitForMultipleFutures(futureSet, 10000)
             ready.forEach {
                 it.consume { result ->
                     if (result.stringResult != "attempt $attempt result") throw Error("Unexpected $result")