diff --git a/test/vhost/fiotest/fio.sh b/test/vhost/fiotest/fio.sh
index f68c00077..e72a4e908 100755
--- a/test/vhost/fiotest/fio.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/fiotest/fio.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if [[ $test_type =~ "spdk_vhost" ]]; then
 	notice "running SPDK"
 	notice ""
 	vhost_run 0
-	vhost_json_config 0 $testdir/conf.json
+	vhost_load_config 0 $testdir/conf.json
 	notice ""
 fi
 
diff --git a/test/vhost/other/negative.sh b/test/vhost/other/negative.sh
index cbd121755..539022eff 100755
--- a/test/vhost/other/negative.sh
+++ b/test/vhost/other/negative.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if [[ $RUN_NIGHTLY -eq 1 ]]; then
 	notice "running SPDK"
 	notice ""
 	vhost_run 0
-	vhost_json_config 0 $testdir/conf.json
+	vhost_load_config 0 $testdir/conf.json
 	notice ""
 
 	rpc_py="$rootdir/scripts/rpc.py -s $(get_vhost_dir 0)/rpc.sock"