diff --git a/generic/tests/ethtool.py b/generic/tests/ethtool.py
index 419a45676f043b977d1607f8a7e8297773468e6d..3bea39f4d8080199bc16385bb4ebbcb0a50d3485 100644
--- a/generic/tests/ethtool.py
+++ b/generic/tests/ethtool.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def run(test, params, env):
     def compare_md5sum(name):
         txt = "Comparing md5sum of the files on guest and host"
         error_context.context(txt, logging.info)
-        host_result = crypto.hash_file(name, method="md5")
+        host_result = crypto.hash_file(name, algorithm="md5")
         try:
             o = session.cmd_output("md5sum %s" % name)
             guest_result = re.findall(r"\w+", o)[0]
diff --git a/generic/tests/nicdriver_unload.py b/generic/tests/nicdriver_unload.py
index f2afad287aaccb70262d9a306c874e1d702e304c..192ae25535f4e93c7fb3dfd510a22150e2a96c20 100644
--- a/generic/tests/nicdriver_unload.py
+++ b/generic/tests/nicdriver_unload.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def run(test, params, env):
                               utils_misc.generate_random_string(8))
     cmd = "dd if=/dev/zero of=%s bs=1M count=%d" % (host_path, filesize)
     process.run(cmd)
-    file_checksum = crypto.hash_file(host_path, "md5")
+    file_checksum = crypto.hash_file(host_path, algorithm="md5")
 
     error_context.context("Guest test file prepare, Copy file %s from host to "
                           "guest" % host_path, logging.info)
diff --git a/qemu/tests/live_snapshot_base.py b/qemu/tests/live_snapshot_base.py
index 79d2a5f1038b1c45fc476cf892f620e5690f6c8b..8e5beab21849baa098b064028f36f89fd120d760 100644
--- a/qemu/tests/live_snapshot_base.py
+++ b/qemu/tests/live_snapshot_base.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def run(test, params, env):
                               logging.info)
         cmd = params.get("dd_cmd") % src
         process.system(cmd, timeout=dd_timeout, shell=True)
-        md5 = crypto.hash_file(src, method="md5")
+        md5 = crypto.hash_file(src, algorithm="md5")
         vm.copy_files_to(src, dst, timeout=copy_timeout)
         process.system("rm -f %s" % src)
         error_context.context("create live snapshot", logging.info)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def run(test, params, env):
         error_context.context("copy file to host, check content not changed",
                               logging.info)
         vm.copy_files_from(dst, src, timeout=copy_timeout)
-        if md5 and (md5 != crypto.hash_file(src, method="md5")):
+        if md5 and (md5 != crypto.hash_file(src, algorithm="md5")):
             test.fail("diff md5 before/after create snapshot")
         session.cmd(params.get("alive_check_cmd", "dir"))
     finally: