diff --git a/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c b/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c
index 45ca96f..9747ae7 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c
+++ b/devsupApp/src/dbrec.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static PyObject* pyRecord_setSevr(pyRecord *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kws)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    recGblSetSevr(prec, sevr, stat);
+    recGblSetSevr(prec, stat, sevr);
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }