diff --git a/src/runvm-osbuild b/src/runvm-osbuild
index 0d9f167dd3..b70e8731c3 100755
--- a/src/runvm-osbuild
+++ b/src/runvm-osbuild
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ osbuild \
     --out "$outdir"              \
     --store "$storedir"          \
     --cache-max-size 14GiB       \
-    --checkpoint build           \
+    --checkpoint deployed-tree   \
     --checkpoint tree            \
     --checkpoint raw-image       \
     ${platforms[@]/#/--export=}  \