diff --git a/services/tasks/local.go b/services/tasks/local.go
index f57748ff5..aa97f2b51 100644
--- a/services/tasks/local.go
+++ b/services/tasks/local.go
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ func (l *local) Checkpoint(ctx context.Context, r *api.CheckpointTaskRequest, _
 	checkpointImageExists := false
 	if image == "" {
 		checkpointImageExists = true
-		image, err = os.MkdirTemp(os.Getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"), "ctd-checkpoint")
+		image, err = os.MkdirTemp(os.Getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"), "ctrd-checkpoint")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errdefs.ToGRPC(err)
 		}