diff --git a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
index bbf0e50..38617f1 100644
--- a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
+++ b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class (Functor query, Applicative query, Monad query) =>
   -- | Like @coalesce@, but takes a non-nullable expression
   -- placed at the end of the expression list, which guarantees
   -- a non-NULL result.
-  coalesceDefault :: PersistField a => expr (Value a) -> [expr (Value (Maybe a))] -> expr (Value a)
+  coalesceDefault :: PersistField a => [expr (Value (Maybe a))] -> expr (Value a) -> expr (Value a)
 
   -- | @LIKE@ operator.
   like :: (PersistField s, IsString s) => expr (Value s) -> expr (Value s) -> expr (Value Bool)
diff --git a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Sql.hs b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Sql.hs
index e991f10..bb9e97d 100644
--- a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Sql.hs
+++ b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Sql.hs
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ instance Esqueleto SqlQuery SqlExpr SqlBackend where
   min_     = unsafeSqlFunction "MIN"
   max_     = unsafeSqlFunction "MAX"
 
-  coalesce                       = unsafeSqlFunction "COALESCE"
-  coalesceDefault def_expr exprs = unsafeSqlFunction "COALESCE" (exprs ++ [just def_expr])
+  coalesce              = unsafeSqlFunction "COALESCE"
+  coalesceDefault exprs = unsafeSqlFunction "COALESCE" . (exprs ++) . return . just
 
   like    = unsafeSqlBinOp    " LIKE "
   (%)     = unsafeSqlValue    "'%'"
diff --git a/test/Test.hs b/test/Test.hs
index eaade67..0ed8a23 100644
--- a/test/Test.hs
+++ b/test/Test.hs
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ main = do
           ret2 <- select $
                   from $ \p -> do
                   orderBy [asc (p ^. PersonId)]
-                  return (coalesceDefault (p ^. PersonFavNum) [p ^. PersonAge, p ^. PersonWeight])
+                  return (coalesceDefault [p ^. PersonAge, p ^. PersonWeight] (p ^. PersonFavNum))
           liftIO $ ret2 `shouldBe` [ Value (36 :: Int)
                                    , Value 37
                                    , Value 17