diff --git a/scintilla/lexers/LexBatch.cxx b/scintilla/lexers/LexBatch.cxx
index 282eb1e563..ac91792580 100644
--- a/scintilla/lexers/LexBatch.cxx
+++ b/scintilla/lexers/LexBatch.cxx
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@ void ColouriseBatchDoc(Sci_PositionU startPos, Sci_Position length, int initStyl
 				}
 			} else if (sc.ch == '^' || sc.ch == '%' || sc.ch == '!') {
 				const bool begin = logicalVisibleChars == sc.LengthCurrent();
-				const bool handled = (sc.ch == '^') ? DetectBatchVariable(sc, outerStyle, varQuoteChar, parenCount)
-					: DetectBatchEscapeChar(sc, outerStyle, command);
+				const bool handled = (sc.ch == '^') ? DetectBatchEscapeChar(sc, outerStyle, command)
+					: DetectBatchVariable(sc, outerStyle, varQuoteChar, parenCount);
 				if (handled) {
 					if (begin && command == Command::None) {
 						command = Command::Argument;