diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
index f7c287f58..40a6291a1 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ type MMap interface {
 	Unlink() error
 	Slice() []byte
 	Name() string
-	IsFilesystemBacked() bool
+	IsFileSystemBacked() bool
+	FileSystemName() string
 }
 
 type AccessFlags int
@@ -107,6 +109,10 @@ func file_mmap(f *os.File, size uint64, access AccessFlags, truncate bool) (MMap
 }
 
 func (self *file_based_mmap) Name() string {
+	return filepath.Base(self.f.Name())
+}
+
+func (self *file_based_mmap) FileSystemName() string {
 	return self.f.Name()
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ func (self *file_based_mmap) Unlink() (err error) {
 	return os.Remove(self.f.Name())
 }
 
-func (self *file_based_mmap) IsFilesystemBacked() bool { return true }
+func (self *file_based_mmap) IsFileSystemBacked() bool { return true }
 
 func CreateTemp(pattern string, size uint64) (MMap, error) {
 	return create_temp(pattern, size)
diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
index 1dc5c6196..8974af3f5 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm_syscall.go
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ func (self *syscall_based_mmap) Unlink() (err error) {
 	return shm_unlink(self.Name())
 }
 
-func (self *syscall_based_mmap) IsFilesystemBacked() bool { return false }
+func (self *syscall_based_mmap) IsFileSystemBacked() bool { return false }
+func (self *syscall_based_mmap) FileSystemName() string   { return "" }
 
 func create_temp(pattern string, size uint64) (ans MMap, err error) {
 	var prefix, suffix string
diff --git a/tools/utils/shm/shm_test.go b/tools/utils/shm/shm_test.go
index 0574e7ba1..8bb2952ba 100644
--- a/tools/utils/shm/shm_test.go
+++ b/tools/utils/shm/shm_test.go
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func TestSHM(t *testing.T) {
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unlinking failed could re-open the SHM data. Data equal: %v Data length: %d", reflect.DeepEqual(g.Slice(), data), len(g.Slice()))
 	}
-	if mm.IsFilesystemBacked() {
-		_, err = os.Stat(mm.Name())
+	if mm.IsFileSystemBacked() {
+		_, err = os.Stat(mm.FileSystemName())
 		if !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 			t.Fatalf("Unlinking %s did not work", mm.Name())
 		}