diff --git a/packages/providers/src.ts/fallback-provider.ts b/packages/providers/src.ts/fallback-provider.ts
index e05f391707..bc94b6ee9f 100644
--- a/packages/providers/src.ts/fallback-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/providers/src.ts/fallback-provider.ts
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ export class FallbackProvider extends BaseProvider {
         // Shuffle the providers and then sort them by their priority; we
         // shallowCopy them since we will store the result in them too
         const configs: Array<RunningConfig> = shuffled(this.providerConfigs.map(shallowCopy));
-        configs.sort((a, b) => (a.priority - b.priority));
+        configs.sort((a, b) => (b.priority - a.priority));
 
         const currentBlockNumber = this._highestBlockNumber;