diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 8023f03179..c73f185c1d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-12-05  Doug Evans  <xdje42@gmail.com>
+
+	Revert:
+	PR symtab/17602
+	* linespec.c (iterate_name_matcher): Fix arguments to symbol_name_cmp.
+
 2014-12-04  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* NEWS: Mention gdb.Objfile.add_separate_debug_file.
diff --git a/gdb/linespec.c b/gdb/linespec.c
index af958dc9f3..82384cab62 100644
--- a/gdb/linespec.c
+++ b/gdb/linespec.c
@@ -982,12 +982,7 @@ iterate_name_matcher (const char *name, void *d)
 {
   const struct symbol_matcher_data *data = d;
 
-  /* The order of arguments we pass to symbol_name_cmp is important as
-     strcmp_iw, a typical value for symbol_name_cmp, only performs special
-     processing of '(' to remove overload info on the first argument and not
-     the second.  The first argument is what the user provided, the second
-     argument is what came from partial syms / .gdb_index.  */
-  if (data->symbol_name_cmp (data->lookup_name, name) == 0)
+  if (data->symbol_name_cmp (name, data->lookup_name) == 0)
     return 1; /* Expand this symbol's symbol table.  */
   return 0; /* Skip this symbol.  */
 }