diff --git a/service/src/com/android/server/connectivity/AutomaticOnOffKeepaliveTracker.java b/service/src/com/android/server/connectivity/AutomaticOnOffKeepaliveTracker.java
index cda8d06..bba132f 100644
--- a/service/src/com/android/server/connectivity/AutomaticOnOffKeepaliveTracker.java
+++ b/service/src/com/android/server/connectivity/AutomaticOnOffKeepaliveTracker.java
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@
         public FileDescriptor createConnectedNetlinkSocket()
                 throws ErrnoException, SocketException {
             final FileDescriptor fd = NetlinkUtils.createNetLinkInetDiagSocket();
-            NetlinkUtils.connectSocketToNetlink(fd);
+            NetlinkUtils.connectToKernel(fd);
             Os.setsockoptTimeval(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO,
                     StructTimeval.fromMillis(IO_TIMEOUT_MS));
             return fd;
diff --git a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/ip/NetlinkMonitor.java b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/ip/NetlinkMonitor.java
index f882483..15a4633 100644
--- a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/ip/NetlinkMonitor.java
+++ b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/ip/NetlinkMonitor.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                 }
             }
             Os.bind(fd, makeNetlinkSocketAddress(0, mBindGroups));
-            NetlinkUtils.connectSocketToNetlink(fd);
+            NetlinkUtils.connectToKernel(fd);
 
             if (DBG) {
                 final SocketAddress nlAddr = Os.getsockname(fd);
diff --git a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/InetDiagMessage.java b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/InetDiagMessage.java
index f8b4716..4f76577 100644
--- a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/InetDiagMessage.java
+++ b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/InetDiagMessage.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils.DEFAULT_RECV_BUFSIZE;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils.IO_TIMEOUT_MS;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils.TCP_ALIVE_STATE_FILTER;
-import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils.connectSocketToNetlink;
+import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils.connectToKernel;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.StructNlMsgHdr.NLM_F_DUMP;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.StructNlMsgHdr.NLM_F_REQUEST;
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
         FileDescriptor fd = null;
         try {
             fd = NetlinkUtils.netlinkSocketForProto(NETLINK_INET_DIAG);
-            NetlinkUtils.connectSocketToNetlink(fd);
+            connectToKernel(fd);
             uid = lookupUid(protocol, local, remote, fd);
         } catch (ErrnoException | SocketException | IllegalArgumentException
                 | InterruptedIOException e) {
@@ -426,8 +426,8 @@
         try {
             dumpFd = NetlinkUtils.createNetLinkInetDiagSocket();
             destroyFd = NetlinkUtils.createNetLinkInetDiagSocket();
-            connectSocketToNetlink(dumpFd);
-            connectSocketToNetlink(destroyFd);
+            connectToKernel(dumpFd);
+            connectToKernel(destroyFd);
 
             for (int family : List.of(AF_INET, AF_INET6)) {
                 try {
diff --git a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
index 33bd36d..f1f30d3 100644
--- a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
+++ b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         final FileDescriptor fd = netlinkSocketForProto(nlProto);
 
         try {
-            connectSocketToNetlink(fd);
+            connectToKernel(fd);
             sendMessage(fd, msg, 0, msg.length, IO_TIMEOUT_MS);
             receiveNetlinkAck(fd);
         } catch (InterruptedIOException e) {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
      * @throws ErrnoException if the {@code fd} could not connect to kernel successfully
      * @throws SocketException if there is an error accessing a socket.
      */
-    public static void connectSocketToNetlink(FileDescriptor fd)
+    public static void connectToKernel(@NonNull FileDescriptor fd)
             throws ErrnoException, SocketException {
         Os.connect(fd, makeNetlinkSocketAddress(0, 0));
     }
diff --git a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtilsTest.java b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtilsTest.java
index 5e9b004..5a231fc 100644
--- a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtilsTest.java
+++ b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtilsTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         final FileDescriptor fd = NetlinkUtils.netlinkSocketForProto(NETLINK_ROUTE);
         assertNotNull(fd);
 
-        NetlinkUtils.connectSocketToNetlink(fd);
+        NetlinkUtils.connectToKernel(fd);
 
         final NetlinkSocketAddress localAddr = (NetlinkSocketAddress) Os.getsockname(fd);
         assertNotNull(localAddr);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         final FileDescriptor fd = NetlinkUtils.netlinkSocketForProto(NETLINK_ROUTE);
         assertNotNull(fd);
 
-        NetlinkUtils.connectSocketToNetlink(fd);
+        NetlinkUtils.connectToKernel(fd);
 
         final NetlinkSocketAddress localAddr = (NetlinkSocketAddress) Os.getsockname(fd);
         assertNotNull(localAddr);