diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/switch.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/switch.rb
index 5efebd7e5e..b4c3c43d9c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/switch.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/switch.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ module Homebrew
     name = ARGV.shift
     version = ARGV.shift
 
-    canonical_name = Formulary.canonical_name(name)
-    rack = HOMEBREW_CELLAR.join(canonical_name)
+    rack = Formulary.to_rack(name)
 
     unless rack.directory?
       onoe "#{name} not found in the Cellar."
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
index 5a13230ac9..66ff3dfd5a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
     require "keg"
     require "formula"
     @kegs ||= downcased_unique_named.collect do |name|
-      canonical_name = Formulary.canonical_name(name)
-      rack = HOMEBREW_CELLAR/canonical_name
+      rack = Formulary.to_rack(name)
+
       dirs = rack.directory? ? rack.subdirs : []
 
-      raise NoSuchKegError.new(canonical_name) if dirs.empty?
+      raise NoSuchKegError.new(rack.basename) if dirs.empty?
 
-      linked_keg_ref = HOMEBREW_LIBRARY.join("LinkedKegs", canonical_name)
-      opt_prefix = HOMEBREW_PREFIX.join("opt", canonical_name)
+      linked_keg_ref = HOMEBREW_LIBRARY.join("LinkedKegs", rack.basename)
+      opt_prefix = HOMEBREW_PREFIX.join("opt", rack.basename)
 
       begin
         if opt_prefix.symlink? && opt_prefix.directory?
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
         elsif (prefix = (name.include?("/") ? Formulary.factory(name) : Formulary.from_rack(rack)).prefix).directory?
           Keg.new(prefix)
         else
-          raise MultipleVersionsInstalledError.new(canonical_name)
+          raise MultipleVersionsInstalledError.new(rack.basename)
         end
       rescue FormulaUnavailableError
         raise <<-EOS.undent
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
index 4a31b3121e..8fcffb59e0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formulary.rb
@@ -195,6 +195,24 @@ class Formulary
     end
   end
 
+  def self.to_rack(ref)
+    name = canonical_name(ref)
+    rack = HOMEBREW_CELLAR/name
+
+    # Handle the case when ref is an old name and the installation
+    # hasn't been migrated or when it's a package installed from
+    # path but same name formula was renamed.
+    unless rack.directory?
+      if ref =~ HOMEBREW_TAP_FORMULA_REGEX
+        rack = HOMEBREW_CELLAR/$3
+      elsif !ref.include?("/")
+        rack = HOMEBREW_CELLAR/ref
+      end
+    end
+
+    rack
+  end
+
   def self.canonical_name(ref)
     loader_for(ref).name
   rescue TapFormulaAmbiguityError