diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index d3b3f5d82137..42b6a632fe7b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ int callchain_cursor_append(struct callchain_cursor *cursor,
 	struct callchain_cursor_node *node = *cursor->last;
 
 	if (!node) {
-		node = calloc(sizeof(*node), 1);
+		node = calloc(1, sizeof(*node));
 		if (!node)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 8022b5254f75..f4bfd79ef6a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ static int perf_header__adds_write(struct perf_header *header,
 	if (!nr_sections)
 		return 0;
 
-	feat_sec = p = calloc(sizeof(*feat_sec), nr_sections);
+	feat_sec = p = calloc(nr_sections, sizeof(*feat_sec));
 	if (feat_sec == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ int perf_header__process_sections(struct perf_header *header, int fd,
 	if (!nr_sections)
 		return 0;
 
-	feat_sec = sec = calloc(sizeof(*feat_sec), nr_sections);
+	feat_sec = sec = calloc(nr_sections, sizeof(*feat_sec));
 	if (!feat_sec)
 		return -1;