diff --git a/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c b/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c
index d75a806942..967548abd3 100644
--- a/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c
+++ b/hw/dma/xlnx_dpdma.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static void xlnx_dpdma_dump_descriptor(DPDMADescriptor *desc)
 {
     if (DEBUG_DPDMA) {
         qemu_log("DUMP DESCRIPTOR:\n");
-        qemu_hexdump(desc, stdout, "", sizeof(DPDMADescriptor));
+        qemu_hexdump(stdout, "", desc, sizeof(DPDMADescriptor));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/net/fsl_etsec/etsec.c b/hw/net/fsl_etsec/etsec.c
index 5c40303f93..93886bba60 100644
--- a/hw/net/fsl_etsec/etsec.c
+++ b/hw/net/fsl_etsec/etsec.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static ssize_t etsec_receive(NetClientState *nc,
 
 #if defined(HEX_DUMP)
     fprintf(stderr, "%s receive size:%zd\n", nc->name, size);
-    qemu_hexdump(buf, stderr, "", size);
+    qemu_hexdump(stderr, "", buf, size);
 #endif
     /* Flush is unnecessary as are already in receiving path */
     etsec->need_flush = false;
diff --git a/hw/net/fsl_etsec/rings.c b/hw/net/fsl_etsec/rings.c
index 337a55fc95..628648a9c3 100644
--- a/hw/net/fsl_etsec/rings.c
+++ b/hw/net/fsl_etsec/rings.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void process_tx_bd(eTSEC         *etsec,
 
 #if defined(HEX_DUMP)
             qemu_log("eTSEC Send packet size:%d\n", etsec->tx_buffer_len);
-            qemu_hexdump(etsec->tx_buffer, stderr, "", etsec->tx_buffer_len);
+            qemu_hexdump(stderr, "", etsec->tx_buffer, etsec->tx_buffer_len);
 #endif  /* ETSEC_RING_DEBUG */
 
             if (etsec->first_bd.flags & BD_TX_TOEUN) {
diff --git a/hw/sd/sd.c b/hw/sd/sd.c
index 1c8f8529ea..0012882222 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sd.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sd.c
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ send_response:
     }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_SD
-    qemu_hexdump(response, stderr, "Response", rsplen);
+    qemu_hexdump(stderr, "Response", response, rsplen);
 #endif
 
     return rsplen;
diff --git a/hw/usb/redirect.c b/hw/usb/redirect.c
index 09edb0d81c..48f38d3391 100644
--- a/hw/usb/redirect.c
+++ b/hw/usb/redirect.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static void usbredir_log_data(USBRedirDevice *dev, const char *desc,
     if (dev->debug < usbredirparser_debug_data) {
         return;
     }
-    qemu_hexdump(data, stderr, desc, len);
+    qemu_hexdump(stderr, desc, data, len);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index 6834883822..9cfd62669b 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ int os_parse_cmd_args(int index, const char *optarg);
  * Hexdump a buffer to a file. An optional string prefix is added to every line
  */
 
-void qemu_hexdump(const void *bufptr, FILE *fp,
-                  const char *prefix, size_t size);
+void qemu_hexdump(FILE *fp, const char *prefix,
+                  const void *bufptr, size_t size);
 
 /*
  * helper to parse debug environment variables
diff --git a/net/colo-compare.c b/net/colo-compare.c
index 550272b3ba..4a5ed642e9 100644
--- a/net/colo-compare.c
+++ b/net/colo-compare.c
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ sec:
         g_queue_push_head(&conn->secondary_list, spkt);
 
         if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_COLO_COMPARE_MISCOMPARE)) {
-            qemu_hexdump(ppkt->data, stderr,
-                        "colo-compare ppkt", ppkt->size);
-            qemu_hexdump(spkt->data, stderr,
-                        "colo-compare spkt", spkt->size);
+            qemu_hexdump(stderr, "colo-compare ppkt",
+                         ppkt->data, ppkt->size);
+            qemu_hexdump(stderr, "colo-compare spkt",
+                         spkt->data, spkt->size);
         }
 
         colo_compare_inconsistency_notify(s);
@@ -535,10 +535,10 @@ static int colo_packet_compare_udp(Packet *spkt, Packet *ppkt)
         trace_colo_compare_udp_miscompare("primary pkt size", ppkt->size);
         trace_colo_compare_udp_miscompare("Secondary pkt size", spkt->size);
         if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_COLO_COMPARE_MISCOMPARE)) {
-            qemu_hexdump(ppkt->data, stderr, "colo-compare pri pkt",
-                         ppkt->size);
-            qemu_hexdump(spkt->data, stderr, "colo-compare sec pkt",
-                         spkt->size);
+            qemu_hexdump(stderr, "colo-compare pri pkt",
+                         ppkt->data, ppkt->size);
+            qemu_hexdump(stderr, "colo-compare sec pkt",
+                         spkt->data, spkt->size);
         }
         return -1;
     } else {
@@ -578,10 +578,10 @@ static int colo_packet_compare_icmp(Packet *spkt, Packet *ppkt)
         trace_colo_compare_icmp_miscompare("Secondary pkt size",
                                            spkt->size);
         if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_COLO_COMPARE_MISCOMPARE)) {
-            qemu_hexdump(ppkt->data, stderr, "colo-compare pri pkt",
-                         ppkt->size);
-            qemu_hexdump(spkt->data, stderr, "colo-compare sec pkt",
-                         spkt->size);
+            qemu_hexdump(stderr, "colo-compare pri pkt",
+                         ppkt->data, ppkt->size);
+            qemu_hexdump(stderr, "colo-compare sec pkt",
+                         spkt->data, spkt->size);
         }
         return -1;
     } else {
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index f3e5d533fd..7a2a0fb5ac 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static ssize_t qemu_send_packet_async_with_flags(NetClientState *sender,
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_NET
     printf("qemu_send_packet_async:\n");
-    qemu_hexdump(buf, stdout, "net", size);
+    qemu_hexdump(stdout, "net", buf, size);
 #endif
 
     if (sender->link_down || !sender->peer) {
diff --git a/util/hexdump.c b/util/hexdump.c
index 053f05d416..0b4662e701 100644
--- a/util/hexdump.c
+++ b/util/hexdump.c
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-void qemu_hexdump(const void *bufptr, FILE *fp,
-                  const char *prefix, size_t size)
+void qemu_hexdump(FILE *fp, const char *prefix,
+                  const void *bufptr, size_t size)
 {
     const char *buf = bufptr;
     unsigned int b, len, i, c;
diff --git a/util/iov.c b/util/iov.c
index 45ef3043ee..ae61d696aa 100644
--- a/util/iov.c
+++ b/util/iov.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ void iov_hexdump(const struct iovec *iov, const unsigned int iov_cnt,
     size = size > limit ? limit : size;
     buf = g_malloc(size);
     iov_to_buf(iov, iov_cnt, 0, buf, size);
-    qemu_hexdump(buf, fp, prefix, size);
+    qemu_hexdump(fp, prefix, buf, size);
     g_free(buf);
 }