diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-init.sh b/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-init.sh
index 15e68f835f7..490960b3104 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-init.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-init.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 VSOCK_STDOUT=$1
 VSOCK_STDERR=$2
-VSOCK_TEMP_DIR=$3
+VM_TEMP_DIR=$3
 
 mount -t proc none /proc
 mount -t sysfs none /sys
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ mkdir -p /dev/pts
 mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
 mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp
 
-. ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-env.sh
+. ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-env.sh
 
 # .gitlab-ci.yml script variable is using relative paths to install directory,
 # so change to that dir before running `crosvm-script`
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DMESG_PID=$!
 # Transfer the errors and crosvm-script output via a pair of virtio-vsocks
 socat -d -u pipe:${STDERR_FIFO} vsock-listen:${VSOCK_STDERR} &
 socat -d -U vsock-listen:${VSOCK_STDOUT} \
-    system:"stdbuf -eL sh ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-script.sh 2> ${STDERR_FIFO}; echo \$? > ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/exit_code",nofork
+    system:"stdbuf -eL sh ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-script.sh 2> ${STDERR_FIFO}; echo \$? > ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/exit_code",nofork
 
 kill ${DMESG_PID}
 wait
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh b/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh
index 9dbf9fef711..5155859398c 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/crosvm-runner.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ THREAD=${DEQP_RUNNER_THREAD:-0}
 #  - VSOCK_STDOUT, VSOCK_STDERR: the port numbers the guest should accept
 #    vsock connections on in order to transfer output messages
 #
-#  - VSOCK_TEMP_DIR: the temporary directory path used to pass additional
+#  - VM_TEMP_DIR: the temporary directory path used to pass additional
 #    context data towards the guest
 #
 set_vsock_context() {
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ set_vsock_context() {
         exit 1
     }
 
-    VSOCK_TEMP_DIR="/tmp-vsock.${THREAD}"
-    mkdir $VSOCK_TEMP_DIR || return 1
+    VM_TEMP_DIR="/tmp-vm.${THREAD}"
+    mkdir $VM_TEMP_DIR || return 1
 
     VSOCK_CID=$(((CI_JOB_ID & 0x1ffffff) | ((${THREAD} & 0x7f) << 25)))
     VSOCK_STDOUT=5001
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ set_vsock_context || { echo "Could not generate crosvm vsock CID" >&2; exit 1; }
 
 # Ensure cleanup on script exit
 trap 'exit ${exit_code}' INT TERM
-trap 'exit_code=$?; [ -z "${CROSVM_PID}${SOCAT_PIDS}" ] || kill ${CROSVM_PID} ${SOCAT_PIDS} >/dev/null 2>&1 || true; rm -rf ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}' EXIT
+trap 'exit_code=$?; [ -z "${CROSVM_PID}${SOCAT_PIDS}" ] || kill ${CROSVM_PID} ${SOCAT_PIDS} >/dev/null 2>&1 || true; rm -rf ${VM_TEMP_DIR}' EXIT
 
 # Securely pass the current variables to the crosvm environment
 echo "Variables passed through:"
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(readlink -en "${0%/*}")
-${SCRIPT_DIR}/common/generate-env.sh | tee ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-env.sh
+${SCRIPT_DIR}/common/generate-env.sh | tee ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-env.sh
 
 # Set the crosvm-script as the arguments of the current script
-echo "$@" > ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-script.sh
+echo "$@" > ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm-script.sh
 
 # Setup networking
 /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy -w -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ unset DISPLAY
 unset XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 
 CROSVM_KERN_ARGS="quiet console=null root=my_root rw rootfstype=virtiofs ip=192.168.30.2::192.168.30.1:255.255.255.0:crosvm:eth0"
-CROSVM_KERN_ARGS="${CROSVM_KERN_ARGS} init=${SCRIPT_DIR}/crosvm-init.sh -- ${VSOCK_STDOUT} ${VSOCK_STDERR} ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}"
+CROSVM_KERN_ARGS="${CROSVM_KERN_ARGS} init=${SCRIPT_DIR}/crosvm-init.sh -- ${VSOCK_STDOUT} ${VSOCK_STDERR} ${VM_TEMP_DIR}"
 
 [ "${CROSVM_GALLIUM_DRIVER}" = "llvmpipe" ] && \
     CROSVM_LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=true || CROSVM_LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=false
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ crosvm run \
     --shared-dir /:my_root:type=fs:writeback=true:timeout=60:cache=always \
     --host_ip "192.168.30.1" --netmask "255.255.255.0" --mac "AA:BB:CC:00:00:12" \
     --cid ${VSOCK_CID} -p "${CROSVM_KERN_ARGS}" \
-    /lava-files/${KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME:-bzImage} > ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm 2>&1 &
+    /lava-files/${KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME:-bzImage} > ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm 2>&1 &
 
 # Wait for crosvm process to terminate
 CROSVM_PID=$!
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ unset CROSVM_PID
     wait
     unset SOCAT_PIDS
     # The actual return code is the crosvm guest script's exit code
-    CROSVM_RET=$(cat ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/exit_code 2>/dev/null)
+    CROSVM_RET=$(cat ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/exit_code 2>/dev/null)
     # Force error when the guest script's exit code is not available
     CROSVM_RET=${CROSVM_RET:-1}
 }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ unset CROSVM_PID
 [ ${CROSVM_RET} -eq 0 ] || {
     set +x
     echo "Dumping crosvm output.." >&2
-    cat ${VSOCK_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm >&2
+    cat ${VM_TEMP_DIR}/crosvm >&2
     set -x
 }