diff --git a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
index 95197e6455a..c5188fcd1d0 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/_internal/compiler/implementation/ssa/builder.dart
@@ -1477,12 +1477,18 @@ class SsaBuilder extends ResolvedVisitor implements Visitor {
 
 
       FunctionSignature functionSignature = body.computeSignature(compiler);
+      // Provide the parameters to the generative constructor body.
       functionSignature.orderedForEachParameter((parameter) {
-        // if [parameter] is boxed, it will be a field in the box passed as the
-        // last parameter. So no need to direclty pass it.
+        // If [parameter] is boxed, it will be a field in the box passed as the
+        // last parameter. So no need to directly pass it.
         if (!localsHandler.isBoxed(parameter)) {
           bodyCallInputs.add(localsHandler.readLocal(parameter));
         }
+      });
+
+      // Provide the parameter checks to the generative constructor
+      // body.
+      functionSignature.orderedForEachParameter((parameter) {
         // If [parameter] is checked, we pass the already computed
         // boolean to the constructor body.
         if (elements.isParameterChecked(parameter)) {
diff --git a/tests/language/argument_definition6_test.dart b/tests/language/argument_definition6_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5dc87483ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/language/argument_definition6_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Regression test for
+// https://code.google.com/p/dart/issues/detail?id=9090.
+// Parameters used to be passed in the wrong order in a constructor in the
+// presence of parameter checks.
+
+
+class A {
+  A(expect1, expect2, value1, value2, {layers, serviceUrl}) {
+    Expect.equals(expect1, ?layers);
+    Expect.equals(expect2, ?serviceUrl);
+    Expect.equals(value1, layers);
+    Expect.equals(value2, serviceUrl);
+  }
+}
+
+main() {
+  new A(false, false, null, null);
+  new A(true, false, 42, null, layers: 42);
+  new A(false, true, null, 43, serviceUrl: 43);
+  new A(true, true, 42, 43, layers: 42, serviceUrl: 43);
+  new A(true, true, 42, 43, serviceUrl: 43, layers: 42);
+}