diff --git a/log/log.go b/log/log.go
index 2a581eb4991..ef3e44cb3d7 100644
--- a/log/log.go
+++ b/log/log.go
@@ -160,11 +160,9 @@ type stdoutWriter struct {
 	isatty    bool
 }
 
-// NewLineChecksum computes a CRC32 over the log line, which can be checked by
+// LogLineChecksum computes a CRC32 over the log line, which can be checked by
 // log-validator to ensure no unexpected log corruption has occurred.
-// It is currently only accepted for Validation, and will be switched in for
-// LogLineChecksum in an upcoming release.
-func NewLineChecksum(line string) string {
+func LogLineChecksum(line string) string {
 	crc := crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(line))
 	buf := make([]byte, crc32.Size)
 	// Error is unreachable because we provide a supported type and buffer size
@@ -172,8 +170,8 @@ func NewLineChecksum(line string) string {
 	return base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString(buf)
 }
 
-// LogLineChecksum is the current checksum algorithm, emitted in every log line.
-func LogLineChecksum(line string) string {
+// OldLineChecksum was previously used, and is still accepted for validation.
+func OldLineChecksum(line string) string {
 	crc := crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(line))
 	// Using the hash.Hash32 doesn't make this any easier
 	// as it also returns a uint32 rather than []byte
diff --git a/log/log_test.go b/log/log_test.go
index 8e7d0486f41..f7dea3f5789 100644
--- a/log/log_test.go
+++ b/log/log_test.go
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ func TestStdoutLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	logger.Warning("Warning log")
 	logger.Info("Info log")
 
-	test.AssertEquals(t, stdout.String(), "1970-01-01 prefix 6 log.test pcbo7wk Info log\n")
-	test.AssertEquals(t, stderr.String(), "1970-01-01 prefix 3 log.test 46_ghQg [AUDIT] Error Audit\n1970-01-01 prefix 4 log.test 97r2xAw Warning log\n")
+	test.AssertEquals(t, stdout.String(), "1970-01-01 prefix 6 log.test JSP6nQ Info log\n")
+	test.AssertEquals(t, stderr.String(), "1970-01-01 prefix 3 log.test 4xe4gA [AUDIT] Error Audit\n1970-01-01 prefix 4 log.test d52dyA Warning log\n")
 }
 
 func TestSyslogMethods(t *testing.T) {
@@ -352,14 +352,14 @@ func TestLogLineChecksum(t *testing.T) {
 		expected string
 	}{
 		{
-			name:     "NewLineChecksum with Hello, World!",
-			function: NewLineChecksum,
+			name:     "LogLineChecksum with Hello, World!",
+			function: LogLineChecksum,
 			input:    "Hello, World!",
 			expected: "0MNK7A",
 		},
 		{
-			name:     "LogLineChecksum with Info log",
-			function: LogLineChecksum,
+			name:     "OldLineChecksum with Info log",
+			function: OldLineChecksum,
 			input:    "Info log",
 			expected: "pcbo7wk",
 		},
diff --git a/log/validator/validator.go b/log/validator/validator.go
index c21a8a5d95a..8a931a5b212 100644
--- a/log/validator/validator.go
+++ b/log/validator/validator.go
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ func lineValid(text string) error {
 	// TODO(#8414): Accept both the old and new checksum format, distinguished by length
 	var computedChecksum string
 	if len(checksum) == 6 {
-		computedChecksum = log.NewLineChecksum(line)
-	} else {
 		computedChecksum = log.LogLineChecksum(line)
+	} else {
+		computedChecksum = log.OldLineChecksum(line)
 	}
 	if checksum != computedChecksum {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s invalid checksum (expected %q, got %q)", errorPrefix, computedChecksum, checksum)