diff --git a/debian/zutils.preinst b/debian/zutils.preinst
index 3512868..c58157d 100755
--- a/debian/zutils.preinst
+++ b/debian/zutils.preinst
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ case "${1}" in
 		# We cannot run between gzip.preinst and gzip unpack.
 		GZIP_VERSION=$(dpkg-query -f '${Version}' -W gzip)
 		GZIP_PREFIX=/usr
-		dpkg --compare-versions "$GZIP_VERSION" lt 1.12-1.1~ && GZIP_PREFIX=
+		GZIP_SUFFIX=
+		dpkg --compare-versions "$GZIP_VERSION" lt 1.12-1.1~ && {
+			GZIP_PREFIX=
+			GZIP_SUFFIX=.usr-is-merged
+		}
 		for FILE in zcat zcmp zdiff zegrep zfgrep zgrep
 		do
 			TRUENAME=$(dpkg-divert --truename "/usr/bin/${FILE}")
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ case "${1}" in
 			# on the gzip version.
 			dpkg-divert --package zutils --quiet --add --no-rename --divert "/usr/bin/${FILE}.gzip" "/usr/bin/${FILE}"
 			dpkg-divert --package zutils --quiet --add --no-rename --divert "/bin/${FILE}.gzip.usr-is-merged" "/bin/${FILE}"
-			mv "${DPKG_ROOT:-}${TRUENAME}" "${DPKG_ROOT:-}${GZIP_PREFIX}/bin/${FILE}.gzip${GZIP_PREFIX:+.usr-is-merged}"
+			mv "${DPKG_ROOT:-}${TRUENAME}" "${DPKG_ROOT:-}${GZIP_PREFIX}/bin/${FILE}.gzip${GZIP_SUFFIX}"
 			dpkg-divert --package zutils --quiet --add --rename --divert /usr/share/man/man1/${FILE}.gzip.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/${FILE}.1.gz
 		done
 		;;
@@ -85,8 +89,14 @@ case "${1}" in
 						mv "${DPKG_ROOT}${TRUENAME}" "${DPKG_ROOT}/bin/${FILE}.gzip.usr-is-merged"
 					fi
 				fi
-			elif [ "${TRUENAME}" != "/usr/bin/${FILE}.gzip" ]
+			elif [ "${TRUENAME}" = "/usr/bin/${FILE}.gzip" ]
 			then
+				# 1.14-4 wrongly moved files. Fix.
+				if [ -e "${DPKG_ROOT:-}/usr/bin/${FILE}.gzip.usr-is-merged" ] && ! [ -e "${DPKG_ROOT:-}/usr/bin/${FILE}.gzip" ]
+				then
+					mv "${DPKG_ROOT:-}/usr/bin/${FILE}.gzip.usr-is-merged" "${DPKG_ROOT:-}/usr/bin/${FILE}.gzip"
+				fi
+			else
 				die "unexpected diversion of /usr/bin/${FILE} to ${TRUENAME}"
 			fi
 		done