diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk b/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk
index 8002278a3b..914327fe1a 100644
--- a/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk
+++ b/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BR2_CMAKE_VERSION_MIN = 3.1
 
 BR2_CMAKE ?= cmake
 ifeq ($(call suitable-host-package,cmake,\
-	$(BR2_CMAKE) $(BR2_CMAKE_VERSION_MIN)),)
+	$(BR2_CMAKE_VERSION_MIN) $(BR2_CMAKE)),)
 BR2_CMAKE = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/cmake
 BR2_CMAKE_HOST_DEPENDENCY = host-cmake
 endif
diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.sh b/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.sh
index 9b63b0648d..73bd4edc99 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/check-host-cmake.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-candidate="${1}"
-version_min="${2}"
+version_min="${1}"
+candidate="${2}"
 
 major_min="${version_min%.*}"
 minor_min="${version_min#*.}"