diff --git a/include/wx/stream.h b/include/wx/stream.h
index c2cb838f92..9119658421 100644
--- a/include/wx/stream.h
+++ b/include/wx/stream.h
@@ -421,13 +421,13 @@ public:
         InitWithStream(stream, mode);
     }
 
-    wxStreamBuffer(wxInputStream& stream, size_t bufsize)
+    wxStreamBuffer(size_t bufsize, wxInputStream& stream)
     {
         InitWithStream(stream, read);
         SetBufferIO(bufsize);
     }
 
-    wxStreamBuffer(wxOutputStream& stream, size_t bufsize)
+    wxStreamBuffer(size_t bufsize, wxOutputStream& stream)
     {
         InitWithStream(stream, write);
         SetBufferIO(bufsize);
diff --git a/interface/wx/stream.h b/interface/wx/stream.h
index 2cb6d47e63..7900f3ef0b 100644
--- a/interface/wx/stream.h
+++ b/interface/wx/stream.h
@@ -172,8 +172,13 @@ public:
         and calling SetBufferIO() but is more convenient.
 
         @since 2.9.0
+
+        @param bufsize
+            The size of buffer in bytes.
+        @param stream
+            The associated input stream, the buffer will be used in read mode.
      */
-    wxStreamBuffer(wxInputStream& stream, size_t bufsize);
+    wxStreamBuffer(size_t bufsize, wxInputStream& stream);
 
     /**
         Constructor for an output buffer of the specified size.
@@ -182,8 +187,13 @@ public:
         and calling SetBufferIO() but is more convenient.
 
         @since 2.9.0
+
+        @param bufsize
+            The size of buffer in bytes.
+        @param stream
+            The associated output stream, the buffer will be used in write mode.
      */
-    wxStreamBuffer(wxOutputStream& stream, size_t bufsize);
+    wxStreamBuffer(size_t bufsize, wxOutputStream& stream);
 
     /**
         Constructor; creates a new empty stream buffer which won't flush any data
diff --git a/src/common/stream.cpp b/src/common/stream.cpp
index 657e6675d4..8d8a42c870 100644
--- a/src/common/stream.cpp
+++ b/src/common/stream.cpp
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ template <typename T>
 wxStreamBuffer *
 CreateBufferIfNeeded(T& stream, wxStreamBuffer *buffer, size_t bufsize = 1024)
 {
-    return buffer ? buffer : new wxStreamBuffer(stream, bufsize);
+    return buffer ? buffer : new wxStreamBuffer(bufsize, stream);
 }
 
 } // anonymous namespace