diff --git a/scala/private/phases/phase_compile.bzl b/scala/private/phases/phase_compile.bzl
index d923a2663..0e2241aac 100644
--- a/scala/private/phases/phase_compile.bzl
+++ b/scala/private/phases/phase_compile.bzl
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def _compile_or_empty(
             full_jars.append(java_jar.jar)
 
         if java_jar:
-            merged_provider = java_common.merge([scala_compilation_provider, java_jar.java_compilation_provider])
+            merged_provider = java_common.merge([java_jar.java_compilation_provider, scala_compilation_provider])
         else:
             merged_provider = scala_compilation_provider