diff --git a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs
index 6a14b82..2ac2db4 100644
--- a/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs
+++ b/crates/sound/src/audio_backends.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub trait AudioBackend {
     fn read(&self, req: &mut SoundRequest) -> Result<()>;
 }
 
-pub fn allocate_audio_backend(name: String) -> Result<Box<dyn AudioBackend + Send + Sync>> {
+pub fn alloc_audio_backend(name: String) -> Result<Box<dyn AudioBackend + Send + Sync>> {
     match name.as_str() {
         #[cfg(feature = "null-backend")]
         "null" => Ok(Box::new(NullBackend::new())),
diff --git a/crates/sound/src/vhu_sound.rs b/crates/sound/src/vhu_sound.rs
index 0e3434d..e0c9be3 100644
--- a/crates/sound/src/vhu_sound.rs
+++ b/crates/sound/src/vhu_sound.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
 
-use crate::audio_backends::{allocate_audio_backend, AudioBackend};
+use crate::audio_backends::{alloc_audio_backend, AudioBackend};
 use crate::virtio_sound::*;
 use crate::{Error, Result, SoundConfig};
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl VhostUserSoundBackend {
             ])?)]
         };
 
-        let audio_backend = allocate_audio_backend(config.audio_backend_name)?;
+        let audio_backend = alloc_audio_backend(config.audio_backend_name)?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             threads,