diff --git a/swh/loader/svn/loader.py b/swh/loader/svn/loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/svn/loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/svn/loader.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
             )
 
         self.svnrepo = svn.SvnRepo(
-            self.svn_url, local_dirname, self.origin_url, self.max_content_length
+            self.svn_url, self.origin_url, local_dirname, self.max_content_length
         )
 
         try: