diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/acrn.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/acrn.go
index 684e0cae1e..56d7221abc 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/acrn.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/acrn.go
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func (a *Acrn) startSandbox(ctx context.Context, timeoutSecs int) error {
 	}
 	a.state.PID = PID
 
-	if err = a.waitSandbox(ctx, timeoutSecs); err != nil {
+	if err = a.waitVM(ctx, timeoutSecs); err != nil {
 		a.Logger().WithField("acrn wait failed:", err).Debug()
 		return err
 	}
@@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ func (a *Acrn) startSandbox(ctx context.Context, timeoutSecs int) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// waitSandbox will wait for the Sandbox's VM to be up and running.
-func (a *Acrn) waitSandbox(ctx context.Context, timeoutSecs int) error {
-	span, _ := katatrace.Trace(ctx, a.Logger(), "waitSandbox", acrnTracingTags, map[string]string{"sandbox_id": a.id})
+// waitVM will wait for the Sandbox's VM to be up and running.
+func (a *Acrn) waitVM(ctx context.Context, timeoutSecs int) error {
+	span, _ := katatrace.Trace(ctx, a.Logger(), "waitVM", acrnTracingTags, map[string]string{"sandbox_id": a.id})
 	defer span.End()
 
 	if timeoutSecs < 0 {
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
index 7d90022dd5..e12c93108a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/hypervisor.go
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ type hypervisor interface {
 	setConfig(config *HypervisorConfig) error
 	createSandbox(ctx context.Context, id string, networkNS NetworkNamespace, hypervisorConfig *HypervisorConfig) error
 	startSandbox(ctx context.Context, timeout int) error
+
 	// If wait is set, don't actively stop the sandbox:
 	// just perform cleanup.
 	StopVM(ctx context.Context, waitOnly bool) error
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
index 0ea564e982..50db3947ff 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu.go
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ func (q *qemu) startSandbox(ctx context.Context, timeout int) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to launch qemu: %s, error messages from qemu log: %s", err, strErr)
 	}
 
-	err = q.waitSandbox(ctx, timeout)
+	err = q.waitVM(ctx, timeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -888,9 +888,9 @@ func (q *qemu) bootFromTemplate() error {
 	return q.waitMigration()
 }
 
-// waitSandbox will wait for the Sandbox's VM to be up and running.
-func (q *qemu) waitSandbox(ctx context.Context, timeout int) error {
-	span, _ := katatrace.Trace(ctx, q.Logger(), "waitSandbox", qemuTracingTags, map[string]string{"sandbox_id": q.id})
+// waitVM will wait for the Sandbox's VM to be up and running.
+func (q *qemu) waitVM(ctx context.Context, timeout int) error {
+	span, _ := katatrace.Trace(ctx, q.Logger(), "waitVM", qemuTracingTags, map[string]string{"sandbox_id": q.id})
 	defer span.End()
 
 	if timeout < 0 {