diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/download_strategy_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/download_strategy_spec.rb
index 60d101bdb8..17da1e36e4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/download_strategy_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/download_strategy_spec.rb
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ describe "download strategies", :cask do
       downloader.fetch
 
       expect(downloader).to have_received(:curl).with(
-        cask.url.to_s,
         "--location",
         "--remote-time",
         "--continue-at", "-",
         "--output", kind_of(Pathname),
+        cask.url.to_s,
         user_agent: :default
       )
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
index 6aaf9be0cb..9f0d8f75d6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils/curl.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def curl(*args)
 end
 
 def curl_download(*args, to: nil, **options)
-  curl(*args, "--location", "--remote-time", "--continue-at", "-", "--output", to, **options)
+  curl("--location", "--remote-time", "--continue-at", "-", "--output", to, *args, **options)
 end
 
 def curl_output(*args, **options)