diff --git a/vm-virtio/src/console.rs b/vm-virtio/src/console.rs
index 708ac6818..1201663be 100755
--- a/vm-virtio/src/console.rs
+++ b/vm-virtio/src/console.rs
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ impl VirtioConsoleConfig {
 
 /// Virtio device for exposing console to the guest OS through virtio.
 pub struct Console {
+    id: String,
     kill_evt: Option<EventFd>,
     pause_evt: Option<EventFd>,
     avail_features: u64,
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ pub struct ConsoleState {
 impl Console {
     /// Create a new virtio console device that gets random data from /dev/urandom.
     pub fn new(
+        id: String,
         out: Box<dyn io::Write + Send + Sync + 'static>,
         cols: u16,
         rows: u16,
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ impl Console {
 
         Ok((
             Console {
+                id,
                 kill_evt: None,
                 pause_evt: None,
                 avail_features,
@@ -618,19 +621,18 @@ impl VirtioDevice for Console {
 }
 
 virtio_pausable!(Console);
-const CONSOLE_SNAPSHOT_ID: &str = "virtio-console";
 impl Snapshottable for Console {
     fn id(&self) -> String {
-        CONSOLE_SNAPSHOT_ID.to_string()
+        self.id.clone()
     }
 
     fn snapshot(&self) -> std::result::Result<Snapshot, MigratableError> {
         let snapshot =
             serde_json::to_vec(&self.state()).map_err(|e| MigratableError::Snapshot(e.into()))?;
 
-        let mut console_snapshot = Snapshot::new(CONSOLE_SNAPSHOT_ID);
+        let mut console_snapshot = Snapshot::new(self.id.as_str());
         console_snapshot.add_data_section(SnapshotDataSection {
-            id: format!("{}-section", CONSOLE_SNAPSHOT_ID),
+            id: format!("{}-section", self.id),
             snapshot,
         });
 
@@ -638,10 +640,7 @@ impl Snapshottable for Console {
     }
 
     fn restore(&mut self, snapshot: Snapshot) -> std::result::Result<(), MigratableError> {
-        if let Some(console_section) = snapshot
-            .snapshot_data
-            .get(&format!("{}-section", CONSOLE_SNAPSHOT_ID))
-        {
+        if let Some(console_section) = snapshot.snapshot_data.get(&format!("{}-section", self.id)) {
             let console_state = match serde_json::from_slice(&console_section.snapshot) {
                 Ok(state) => state,
                 Err(error) => {
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index 998e0dd19..06287b67a 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -1099,13 +1099,14 @@ impl DeviceManager {
         };
         let (col, row) = get_win_size();
         let console_input = if let Some(writer) = console_writer {
+            let id = String::from(CONSOLE_DEVICE_NAME);
             let (virtio_console_device, console_input) =
-                vm_virtio::Console::new(writer, col, row, console_config.iommu)
+                vm_virtio::Console::new(id.clone(), writer, col, row, console_config.iommu)
                     .map_err(DeviceManagerError::CreateVirtioConsole)?;
             virtio_devices.push((
                 Arc::new(Mutex::new(virtio_console_device)) as VirtioDeviceArc,
                 console_config.iommu,
-                Some(String::from(CONSOLE_DEVICE_NAME)),
+                Some(id),
             ));
             Some(console_input)
         } else {