diff --git a/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh b/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh
index 9c3b50d16..e55e5b2dd 100644
--- a/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ svn_dirty_choose() {
   root=$(sed -n 's/^Working Copy Root Path: //p' <<< "${1:-$(LANG= svn info 2>/dev/null)}")
   if LANG= svn status "$root" 2>/dev/null | command grep -Eq '^\s*[ACDIM!?L]'; then
     # Grep exits with 0 when "One or more lines were selected", return "dirty".
-    echo $1
+    echo $2
   else
     # Otherwise, no lines were found, or an error occurred. Return clean.
-    echo $2
+    echo $3
   fi
 }