diff --git a/servers/slapd/mra.c b/servers/slapd/mra.c
index 05e000977a..014e9d4367 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/mra.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/mra.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ get_mra(
 	rc = asserted_value_validate_normalize( ma.ma_desc,
 		ma.ma_rule,
 		SLAP_MR_EXT|SLAP_MR_VALUE_OF_ASSERTION_SYNTAX,
-		&ma.ma_value, &value, text );
+		&value, &ma.ma_value, text );
 	if ( rc == LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
 		ma.ma_value = value;
 	} else