diff --git a/debian/rules.d/1-maintainer.mk b/debian/rules.d/1-maintainer.mk
index a5c81896cc84..bd2ca56c6e61 100644
--- a/debian/rules.d/1-maintainer.mk
+++ b/debian/rules.d/1-maintainer.mk
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ finalchecks: debian/control
 ifeq ($(do_fips_checks),true)
 	$(DROOT)/scripts/misc/fips-checks
 endif
-	$(DROOT)/scripts/misc/final-checks "$(DEBIAN)" "$(prev_fullver)"
+	$(DROOT)/scripts/checks/final-checks "$(DEBIAN)" "$(prev_fullver)"
 
 .PHONY: startnewrelease
 startnewrelease:
diff --git a/debian/scripts/misc/final-checks b/debian/scripts/checks/final-checks
similarity index 100%
rename from debian/scripts/misc/final-checks
rename to debian/scripts/checks/final-checks