diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go
index 114e9426fd..5fa5f55dae 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_unix.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) getPlatformRemoteOptions() []libcontainerd.RemoteOption {
 		args := []string{"--systemd-cgroup=true"}
 		opts = append(opts, libcontainerd.WithRuntimeArgs(args))
 	}
-	if cli.Config.LiveRestore {
+	if cli.Config.LiveRestoreEnabled {
 		opts = append(opts, libcontainerd.WithLiveRestore(true))
 	}
 	opts = append(opts, libcontainerd.WithRuntimePath(daemon.DefaultRuntimeBinary))
diff --git a/daemon/config.go b/daemon/config.go
index bf568efefa..a00f338e44 100644
--- a/daemon/config.go
+++ b/daemon/config.go
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ type CommonConfig struct {
 	TrustKeyPath         string              `json:"-"`
 	CorsHeaders          string              `json:"api-cors-header,omitempty"`
 	EnableCors           bool                `json:"api-enable-cors,omitempty"`
-	LiveRestore          bool                `json:"live-restore,omitempty"`
+
+	// LiveRestoreEnabled determines whether we should keep containers
+	// alive upon daemon shutdown/start
+	LiveRestoreEnabled bool `json:"live-restore,omitempty"`
 
 	// ClusterStore is the storage backend used for the cluster information. It is used by both
 	// multihost networking (to store networks and endpoints information) and by the node discovery
diff --git a/daemon/config_unix.go b/daemon/config_unix.go
index 526ec3bd3c..24548a428e 100644
--- a/daemon/config_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/config_unix.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (config *Config) InstallFlags(cmd *flag.FlagSet, usageFn func(string) strin
 	cmd.StringVar(&config.CgroupParent, []string{"-cgroup-parent"}, "", usageFn("Set parent cgroup for all containers"))
 	cmd.StringVar(&config.RemappedRoot, []string{"-userns-remap"}, "", usageFn("User/Group setting for user namespaces"))
 	cmd.StringVar(&config.ContainerdAddr, []string{"-containerd"}, "", usageFn("Path to containerd socket"))
-	cmd.BoolVar(&config.LiveRestore, []string{"-live-restore"}, false, usageFn("Enable live restore of docker when containers are still running"))
+	cmd.BoolVar(&config.LiveRestoreEnabled, []string{"-live-restore"}, false, usageFn("Enable live restore of docker when containers are still running"))
 	config.Runtimes = make(map[string]types.Runtime)
 	cmd.Var(runconfigopts.NewNamedRuntimeOpt("runtimes", &config.Runtimes, stockRuntimeName), []string{"-add-runtime"}, usageFn("Register an additional OCI compatible runtime"))
 	cmd.StringVar(&config.DefaultRuntime, []string{"-default-runtime"}, stockRuntimeName, usageFn("Default OCI runtime for containers"))
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (config *Config) isSwarmCompatible() error {
 	if config.ClusterStore != "" || config.ClusterAdvertise != "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("--cluster-store and --cluster-advertise daemon configurations are incompatible with swarm mode")
 	}
-	if config.LiveRestore {
+	if config.LiveRestoreEnabled {
 		return fmt.Errorf("--live-restore daemon configuration is incompatible with swarm mode")
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index e44d985cf1..5c3243d8fb 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Shutdown() error {
 
 	pluginShutdown()
 
-	if daemon.configStore.LiveRestore && daemon.containers != nil {
+	if daemon.configStore.LiveRestoreEnabled && daemon.containers != nil {
 		// check if there are any running containers, if none we should do some cleanup
 		if ls, err := daemon.Containers(&types.ContainerListOptions{}); len(ls) != 0 || err != nil {
 			return nil
@@ -916,8 +916,8 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) Reload(config *Config) error {
 		daemon.configStore.Debug = config.Debug
 	}
 	if config.IsValueSet("live-restore") {
-		daemon.configStore.LiveRestore = config.LiveRestore
-		if err := daemon.containerdRemote.UpdateOptions(libcontainerd.WithLiveRestore(config.LiveRestore)); err != nil {
+		daemon.configStore.LiveRestoreEnabled = config.LiveRestoreEnabled
+		if err := daemon.containerdRemote.UpdateOptions(libcontainerd.WithLiveRestore(config.LiveRestoreEnabled)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) networkOptions(dconfig *Config, activeSandboxes map[string
 	options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionLabels(dconfig.Labels))
 	options = append(options, driverOptions(dconfig)...)
 
-	if daemon.configStore != nil && daemon.configStore.LiveRestore && len(activeSandboxes) != 0 {
+	if daemon.configStore != nil && daemon.configStore.LiveRestoreEnabled && len(activeSandboxes) != 0 {
 		options = append(options, nwconfig.OptionActiveSandboxes(activeSandboxes))
 	}
 
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_experimental.go b/daemon/daemon_experimental.go
index cad706eb86..a09aeb7062 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_experimental.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_experimental.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) verifyExperimentalContainerSettings(hostConfig *container.
 }
 
 func pluginInit(d *Daemon, cfg *Config, remote libcontainerd.Remote) error {
-	return plugin.Init(cfg.Root, remote, d.RegistryService, cfg.LiveRestore, d.LogPluginEvent)
+	return plugin.Init(cfg.Root, remote, d.RegistryService, cfg.LiveRestoreEnabled, d.LogPluginEvent)
 }
 
 func pluginShutdown() {