Abstract: In a method for actuating an actuating member for adjusting a turbine flow cross section of a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle in the event of a change of the load of the internal combustion engine from a relatively low load value to a relatively high load value, the adjustment takes place at least at times by use of the closed-loop control of a scavenging gradient of the internal combustion engine. The method is characterized in that the turbine flow cross section, in the case of a spark-ignition engine as the internal combustion engine, is not fixedly held at a minimum turbine flow cross section between the change of the load and a beginning of an adjustment which is dependent on the scavenging gradient. A control unit is set up and controls the process of such a method.