diff --git a/modules/apps/web-experience/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java b/modules/apps/web-experience/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java
index 01168136e860b4..9de687670a7da0 100644
--- a/modules/apps/web-experience/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java
+++ b/modules/apps/web-experience/journal/journal-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/journal/service/impl/JournalArticleLocalServiceImpl.java
@@ -6619,6 +6619,20 @@ protected void copyArticleImages(
 		newArticle.setContent(contentDocument.formattedString());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	* @deprecated As of 3.4.0, replaced by {@link #createFieldsValuesMap(
+	*  Element, Locale)}
+	*/
+	@Deprecated
+	protected Map<String, LocalizedValue> createFieldsValuesMap(
+			Element parentElement) {
+
+		Locale defaultLocale = LocaleUtil.fromLanguageId(
+			parentElement.attributeValue("default-locale"));
+
+		return createFieldsValuesMap(parentElement, defaultLocale);
+	}
+
 	protected Map<String, LocalizedValue> createFieldsValuesMap(
 		Element parentElement, Locale defaultLocale) {