diff --git a/src/types.h b/src/types.h
index 3aafb5c3..e5a7035c 100644
--- a/src/types.h
+++ b/src/types.h
@@ -265,24 +265,24 @@ enum Rank {
 enum Score : int { SCORE_ZERO };
 
 inline Score make_score(int mg, int eg) {
-  return Score((mg << 16) + eg);
+  return Score((eg << 16) + mg);
 }
 
 /// Extracting the signed lower and upper 16 bits is not so trivial because
 /// according to the standard a simple cast to short is implementation defined
 /// and so is a right shift of a signed integer.
-inline Value mg_value(Score s) {
-
-  union { uint16_t u; int16_t s; } mg = { uint16_t(unsigned(s + 0x8000) >> 16) };
-  return Value(mg.s);
-}
-
 inline Value eg_value(Score s) {
 
-  union { uint16_t u; int16_t s; } eg = { uint16_t(unsigned(s)) };
+  union { uint16_t u; int16_t s; } eg = { uint16_t(unsigned(s + 0x8000) >> 16) };
   return Value(eg.s);
 }
 
+inline Value mg_value(Score s) {
+
+  union { uint16_t u; int16_t s; } mg = { uint16_t(unsigned(s)) };
+  return Value(mg.s);
+}
+
 #define ENABLE_BASE_OPERATORS_ON(T)                             \
 inline T operator+(T d1, T d2) { return T(int(d1) + int(d2)); } \
 inline T operator-(T d1, T d2) { return T(int(d1) - int(d2)); } \