diff --git a/src/userrec.c b/src/userrec.c
index 66bb8f16c..6961a58a8 100644
--- a/src/userrec.c
+++ b/src/userrec.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ struct userrec *get_user_from_member(memberlist *m)
  * 'm->account' for the account, use the independent source variable 'account'
  * if available. This allows redundant checking in case of unexpected NULLs
  */
-struct userrec *lookup_user_record(memberlist *m, char *host, char *account)
+struct userrec *lookup_user_record(memberlist *m, char *account, char *host)
 {
   struct userrec *u = NULL;