diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index 41ac7c5b..b7ff1691 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -1261,17 +1261,6 @@ def _normalize_zip_for_pack(
 
 
 
-def _archive_destination(
-    archive_name: str, archive_prefix: str, pack_structure: dict | None, standalone: bool
-) -> str:
-    """Where an emulator pack places one of the profile's archives."""
-    archive_dest = sanitize_pack_path(archive_name)
-    if archive_prefix:
-        archive_dest = f"{archive_prefix}/{archive_dest}"
-    prefix = (pack_structure or {}).get("standalone" if standalone else "libretro", "")
-    return f"{prefix}/{archive_dest}" if prefix else archive_dest
-
-
 def _archive_is_optional(archive_entry: dict, archive_name: str, files: list[dict]) -> bool:
     """Optional as a whole: its own entry and every member it carries.
 
@@ -4036,6 +4025,7 @@ def verify_and_finalize_packs(
     return all_ok
 
 from packpaths import (  # noqa: E402,F401
+    _archive_destination,
     _path_parents,
     _has_path_conflict,
     _register_path,
diff --git a/scripts/packpaths.py b/scripts/packpaths.py
index 63910345..1359b318 100644
--- a/scripts/packpaths.py
+++ b/scripts/packpaths.py
@@ -62,3 +62,14 @@ def _resolve_destination(
             rel = f"{prefix}/{rel}"
 
     return rel
+
+
+def _archive_destination(
+    archive_name: str, archive_prefix: str, pack_structure: dict | None, standalone: bool
+) -> str:
+    """Where an emulator pack places one of the profile's archives."""
+    archive_dest = sanitize_pack_path(archive_name)
+    if archive_prefix:
+        archive_dest = f"{archive_prefix}/{archive_dest}"
+    prefix = (pack_structure or {}).get("standalone" if standalone else "libretro", "")
+    return f"{prefix}/{archive_dest}" if prefix else archive_dest
diff --git a/scripts/verify.py b/scripts/verify.py
index 46646038..c3a8f2bf 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.py
+++ b/scripts/verify.py
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ def verify_emulator(
     A region priority list narrows the report the same way a pack built with the
     same list would be narrowed, through the emulator pack's own drop set.
     """
-    from packpaths import _resolve_destination
+    from packpaths import _archive_destination, _resolve_destination
 
     load_emulator_profiles(emulators_dir)
     zip_contents = build_zip_contents_index(db)
@@ -1543,7 +1543,12 @@ def verify_emulator(
                 result["hle_fallback"] = False
                 result["ground_truth"] = build_ground_truth(archive, validation_index)
                 details.append(result)
-                dest = archive
+                # Where the pack puts it: an archive_prefix or pack_structure
+                # moves it, and a loose same-named entry is another file.
+                dest = _archive_destination(
+                    archive, profile.get("archive_prefix", ""),
+                    profile.get("pack_structure"), standalone,
+                )
                 dest_to_name[dest] = archive
                 cur = result["status"]
                 prev = file_status.get(dest)
diff --git a/tests/test_emulator_pack_counts.py b/tests/test_emulator_pack_counts.py
index e1383172..61fc95c0 100644
--- a/tests/test_emulator_pack_counts.py
+++ b/tests/test_emulator_pack_counts.py
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
-CASES = ("raze", "rust_dos", "hatari", "xash3d_fwgs", "catacombgl", "openjk", "sonic2013")
+# kronos: an archive unit under its archive_prefix and a loose same-named file.
+CASES = (
+    "raze", "rust_dos", "hatari", "xash3d_fwgs", "catacombgl", "openjk", "sonic2013",
+    "kronos",
+)
 
 
 def _count(text: str, word: str) -> int: