diff --git a/cipher.c b/cipher.c
index f12daa123..9c2fbd6cf 100644
--- a/cipher.c
+++ b/cipher.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: cipher.c,v 1.121 2024/05/17 02:39:11 jsg Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: cipher.c,v 1.122 2024/08/14 15:42:18 tobias Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ cipher_init(struct sshcipher_ctx **ccp, const struct sshcipher *cipher,
 #endif
 
 	*ccp = NULL;
-	if ((cc = calloc(sizeof(*cc), 1)) == NULL)
+	if ((cc = calloc(1, sizeof(*cc))) == NULL)
 		return SSH_ERR_ALLOC_FAIL;
 
 	cc->plaintext = (cipher->flags & CFLAG_NONE) != 0;
diff --git a/sshbuf.c b/sshbuf.c
index 0ae3095db..1b714e5f9 100644
--- a/sshbuf.c
+++ b/sshbuf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: sshbuf.c,v 1.22 2024/08/14 15:40:30 tobias Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: sshbuf.c,v 1.23 2024/08/14 15:42:18 tobias Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011 Damien Miller
  *
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sshbuf_new(void)
 {
 	struct sshbuf *ret;
 
-	if ((ret = calloc(sizeof(*ret), 1)) == NULL)
+	if ((ret = calloc(1, sizeof(*ret))) == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	ret->alloc = SSHBUF_SIZE_INIT;
 	ret->max_size = SSHBUF_SIZE_MAX;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ sshbuf_from(const void *blob, size_t len)
 	struct sshbuf *ret;
 
 	if (blob == NULL || len > SSHBUF_SIZE_MAX ||
-	    (ret = calloc(sizeof(*ret), 1)) == NULL)
+	    (ret = calloc(1, sizeof(*ret))) == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	ret->alloc = ret->size = ret->max_size = len;
 	ret->readonly = 1;