diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index a00f15aae4b..63268e5cbbd 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ def main(tests=None, testdir=None, verbose=0, quiet=False,
                 args_tuple = (
                     (test, verbose, quiet),
                     dict(huntrleaks=huntrleaks, use_resources=use_resources,
-                        debug=debug)
+                         debug=debug, rerun_failed=verbose3)
                 )
                 yield (test, args_tuple)
         pending = tests_and_args()
@@ -616,11 +616,9 @@ def main(tests=None, testdir=None, verbose=0, quiet=False,
                               globals=globals(), locals=vars())
             else:
                 try:
-                    result = runtest(test, verbose, quiet, huntrleaks, debug)
+                    result = runtest(test, verbose, quiet, huntrleaks, debug,
+                                     rerun_failed=verbose3)
                     accumulate_result(test, result)
-                    if verbose3 and result[0] == FAILED:
-                        print("Re-running test {} in verbose mode".format(test))
-                        runtest(test, True, quiet, huntrleaks, debug)
                 except KeyboardInterrupt:
                     interrupted = True
                     break
@@ -765,7 +763,8 @@ def replace_stdout():
     atexit.register(restore_stdout)
 
 def runtest(test, verbose, quiet,
-            huntrleaks=False, debug=False, use_resources=None):
+            huntrleaks=False, debug=False, use_resources=None,
+            rerun_failed=False):
     """Run a single test.
 
     test -- the name of the test
@@ -774,6 +773,7 @@ def runtest(test, verbose, quiet,
     test_times -- a list of (time, test_name) pairs
     huntrleaks -- run multiple times to test for leaks; requires a debug
                   build; a triple corresponding to -R's three arguments
+    rerun_failed -- if true, re-run in verbose mode when failed
 
     Returns one of the test result constants:
         INTERRUPTED      KeyboardInterrupt when run under -j
@@ -788,7 +788,14 @@ def runtest(test, verbose, quiet,
     if use_resources is not None:
         support.use_resources = use_resources
     try:
-        return runtest_inner(test, verbose, quiet, huntrleaks, debug)
+        result = runtest_inner(test, verbose, quiet, huntrleaks, debug)
+        if result[0] == FAILED and rerun_failed:
+            cleanup_test_droppings(test, verbose)
+            sys.stdout.flush()
+            sys.stderr.flush()
+            print("Re-running test {} in verbose mode".format(test))
+            runtest(test, True, quiet, huntrleaks, debug)
+        return result
     finally:
         cleanup_test_droppings(test, verbose)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0a42987413d..a6ae16a7b65 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ Tools/Demos
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #11653: fix -W with -j in regrtest.
+
 - The email test suite now lives in the Lib/test/test_email package.  The test
   harness code has also been modernized to allow use of new unittest features.