diff --git a/src/controllers/krate/search.rs b/src/controllers/krate/search.rs
index f9c9be8b9d3..d605c0fdc55 100644
--- a/src/controllers/krate/search.rs
+++ b/src/controllers/krate/search.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pub fn search(req: &mut Request) -> CargoResult<Response> {
         .map(|versions| {
             versions
                 .into_iter()
-                .max_by(Version::semantically_newest_first)
+                .max_by(Version::semver_cmp)
                 .unwrap()
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
diff --git a/src/version/mod.rs b/src/version/mod.rs
index 386ede728f5..71dfd5c026b 100644
--- a/src/version/mod.rs
+++ b/src/version/mod.rs
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ impl Version {
     }
 
     /// Orders SemVer numbers so that "higher" version numbers appear first.
-    pub fn semantically_newest_first(a: &Self, b: &Self) -> ::std::cmp::Ordering {
-        b.num.cmp(&a.num)
+    pub fn semver_cmp(a: &Self, b: &Self) -> ::std::cmp::Ordering {
+        a.num.cmp(&b.num)
     }
 }