diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pxd.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pxd.pxi
index 03d91025d0e..49848b62df2 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pxd.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pxd.pxi
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cdef class BaseCompletionQueue:
     cdef grpc_completion_queue* c_ptr(self)
 
 
-cdef class _EventLoopBound:
+cdef class _BoundEventLoop:
     cdef readonly object loop
     cdef readonly object read_socket
 
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pyx.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pyx.pxi
index e8e569fdd86..1be10f9f2cb 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pyx.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/completion_queue.pyx.pxi
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cdef class BaseCompletionQueue:
         return self._cq
 
 
-cdef class _EventLoopBound:
+cdef class _BoundEventLoop:
 
     def __cinit__(self, object loop, object read_socket, object handler):
         self.loop = loop
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ cdef class PollerCompletionQueue(BaseCompletionQueue):
 
         self._queue = cpp_event_queue()
 
-    def bound_loop(self, object loop):
+    def bind_loop(self, object loop):
         if loop in self._loops:
             return
         else:
-            self._loops[loop] = _EventLoopBound(loop, self._read_socket, self._handle_events)
+            self._loops[loop] = _BoundEventLoop(loop, self._read_socket, self._handle_events)
 
     cdef void _poll(self) nogil:
         cdef grpc_event event
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/grpc_aio.pyx.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/grpc_aio.pyx.pxi
index 548c564d757..06c92cac586 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/grpc_aio.pyx.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/aio/grpc_aio.pyx.pxi
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ cdef _actual_aio_shutdown():
         raise ValueError('Unsupported engine type [%s]' % _global_aio_state.engine)
 
 
-cdef _per_loop_initialization():
+cdef _initialize_per_loop():
     cdef object loop = get_working_loop()
     if _global_aio_state.engine is AsyncIOEngine.POLLER:
-        _global_aio_state.cq.bound_loop(loop)
+        _global_aio_state.cq.bind_loop(loop)
 
 
 cpdef init_grpc_aio():
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ cpdef init_grpc_aio():
         _global_aio_state.refcount += 1
         if _global_aio_state.refcount == 1:
             _actual_aio_initialization()
-        _per_loop_initialization()
+        _initialize_per_loop()
 
 
 cpdef shutdown_grpc_aio():