diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
index ac15e81479..255e8dff90 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/inner_hypervisor.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use ch_config::ch_api::{
 };
 use ch_config::{guest_protection_is_tdx, NamedHypervisorConfig, VmConfig};
 use core::future::poll_fn;
-use futures::executor::block_on;
 use futures::future::join_all;
 use kata_sys_util::protection::{available_guest_protection, GuestProtection};
 use kata_types::capabilities::{Capabilities, CapabilityBits};
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ impl CloudHypervisorInner {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn stop_vm(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+    pub(crate) async fn stop_vm(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         // If the container workload exits, this method gets called. However,
         // the container manager always makes a ShutdownContainer request,
         // which results in this method being called potentially a second
@@ -652,7 +651,7 @@ impl CloudHypervisorInner {
 
         self.state = VmmState::NotReady;
 
-        block_on(self.cloud_hypervisor_shutdown()).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
+        self.cloud_hypervisor_shutdown().await?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
index 7617646ea4..42f8883b60 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/crates/hypervisor/src/ch/mod.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl Hypervisor for CloudHypervisor {
 
     async fn stop_vm(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let mut inner = self.inner.write().await;
-        inner.stop_vm()
+        inner.stop_vm().await
     }
 
     async fn wait_vm(&self) -> Result<i32> {