diff --git a/src/entt/meta/utility.hpp b/src/entt/meta/utility.hpp
index a49133e84..a12f02bff 100644
--- a/src/entt/meta/utility.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/meta/utility.hpp
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ template<typename Policy, typename Candidate, typename... Args>
 }
 
 template<typename Type, typename Policy, typename Candidate, std::size_t... Index>
-[[nodiscard]] meta_any meta_invoke(const meta_ctx &ctx, [[maybe_unused]] meta_handle instance, Candidate &&candidate, [[maybe_unused]] meta_any *args, std::index_sequence<Index...>) {
+[[nodiscard]] meta_any meta_invoke(const meta_ctx &ctx, Candidate &&candidate, [[maybe_unused]] meta_handle instance, [[maybe_unused]] meta_any *args, std::index_sequence<Index...>) {
     using descriptor = meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>;
 
     if constexpr(std::is_invocable_v<std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>, const Type &, type_list_element_t<Index, typename descriptor::args_type>...>) {
@@ -361,14 +361,14 @@ template<typename Type, typename... Args, std::size_t... Index>
  * @tparam Policy Optional policy (no policy set by default).
  * @param ctx The context from which to search for meta types.
  * @tparam Candidate The type of the actual object to _invoke_.
- * @param instance An opaque instance of the underlying type, if required.
  * @param candidate The actual object to _invoke_.
+ * @param instance An opaque instance of the underlying type, if required.
  * @param args Parameters to use to _invoke_ the object.
  * @return A meta any containing the returned value, if any.
  */
 template<typename Type, typename Policy = as_is_t, typename Candidate>
 [[nodiscard]] meta_any meta_invoke_with(const meta_ctx &ctx, Candidate &&candidate, meta_handle instance, meta_any *const args) {
-    return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, std::move(instance), std::forward<Candidate>(candidate), args, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>::args_type::size>{});
+    return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, std::forward<Candidate>(candidate), std::move(instance), args, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>::args_type::size>{});
 }
 
 /**
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ template<typename Type, typename Policy = as_is_t, typename Candidate>
  */
 template<typename Type, auto Candidate, typename Policy = as_is_t>
 [[nodiscard]] meta_any meta_invoke(const meta_ctx &ctx, meta_handle instance, meta_any *const args) {
-    return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, std::move(instance), Candidate, args, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<decltype(Candidate)>>::args_type::size>{});
+    return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, Candidate, std::move(instance), args, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<decltype(Candidate)>>::args_type::size>{});
 }
 
 /**
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ template<typename Type, typename... Args>
 template<typename Type, typename Policy = as_is_t, typename Candidate>
 [[nodiscard]] meta_any meta_construct_with(const meta_ctx &ctx, Candidate &&candidate, meta_any *const args) {
     if constexpr(meta_function_helper_t<Type, Candidate>::is_static || std::is_class_v<std::remove_cv_t<std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>>) {
-        return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, {}, std::forward<Candidate>(candidate), args, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>::args_type::size>{});
+        return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, std::forward<Candidate>(candidate), {}, args, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>::args_type::size>{});
     } else {
-        return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, *args, std::forward<Candidate>(candidate), args + 1u, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>::args_type::size>{});
+        return internal::meta_invoke<Type, Policy>(ctx, std::forward<Candidate>(candidate), *args, args + 1u, std::make_index_sequence<meta_function_helper_t<Type, std::remove_reference_t<Candidate>>::args_type::size>{});
     }
 }