diff --git a/menu/menu_shader.c b/menu/menu_shader.c
index b02839d8e0..640b288ce3 100644
--- a/menu/menu_shader.c
+++ b/menu/menu_shader.c
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ static bool menu_shader_manager_save_preset_internal(
                path_get(RARCH_PATH_CONFIG),
                sizeof(config_directory));
 
-      dirs[0] = dir_video_shader;
-      dirs[1] = dir_menu_config;
+      dirs[0] = dir_menu_config;
+      dirs[1] = dir_video_shader;
       dirs[2] = config_directory;
 
       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dirs); i++)
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ static bool menu_shader_manager_operate_auto_preset(
                      path_get(RARCH_PATH_CONFIG),
                      sizeof(config_directory));
 
-            dirs[0] = dir_video_shader;
-            dirs[1] = dir_menu_config;
+            dirs[0] = dir_menu_config;
+            dirs[1] = dir_video_shader;
             dirs[2] = config_directory;
 
             for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dirs); i++)
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ static bool menu_shader_manager_operate_auto_preset(
                      path_get(RARCH_PATH_CONFIG),
                      sizeof(config_directory));
 
-            dirs[0] = dir_video_shader;
-            dirs[1] = dir_menu_config;
+            dirs[0] = dir_menu_config;
+            dirs[1] = dir_video_shader;
             dirs[2] = config_directory;
 
             for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dirs); i++)
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 51e3b6c3b7..5543bd9ca5 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -27321,8 +27321,8 @@ static bool retroarch_load_shader_preset_internal(
  * $SHADER_DIR is composed by three different locations which will be searched
  * in the following order (search will stop on first match):
  *
- * 1. The Video Shader directory
- * 2. The Menu Config directory
+ * 1. The Menu Config directory
+ * 2. The Video Shader directory
  * 3. The directory where the configuration file is stored
  *
  * Note: Uses video_shader_is_supported() which only works after
@@ -27376,8 +27376,8 @@ static bool retroarch_load_shader_preset(void)
       fill_pathname_basedir(config_file_directory,
             path_get(RARCH_PATH_CONFIG), PATH_MAX_LENGTH);
 
-   dirs[0] = video_shader_directory;
-   dirs[1] = menu_config_directory;
+   dirs[0] = menu_config_directory;
+   dirs[1] = video_shader_directory;
    dirs[2] = config_file_directory;
 
    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dirs); i++)