diff --git a/summit/benchmarks/experimental_emulator.py b/summit/benchmarks/experimental_emulator.py
index 6201b313..e8b5c3eb 100644
--- a/summit/benchmarks/experimental_emulator.py
+++ b/summit/benchmarks/experimental_emulator.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     _deprecate_positional_args,
     indexable,
     check_is_fitted,
-    _check_fit_params,
+    _check_method_params,
 )
 from sklearn.utils import check_array, _safe_indexing
 from sklearn.utils.fixes import delayed
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ def fit(self, X, y=None, *, groups=None, **fit_params):
             refit_metric = self.refit
 
         X, y, groups = indexable(X, y, groups)
-        fit_params = _check_fit_params(X, fit_params)
+        fit_params = _check_method_params(X, fit_params)
 
         cv_orig = check_cv(self.cv, y, classifier=is_classifier(estimator))
         n_splits = cv_orig.get_n_splits(X, y, groups)