2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
index 7dccecda13..3be96db001 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module ActionView
           "a", name, 
           html_options.merge({ 
             :href => html_options[:href] || "#", 
-            :onclick => "#{function};#{html_options[:onclick] ? " #{html_options[:onclick]};" : ""} return false;" 
+            :onclick => (html_options[:onclick] ? "#{html_options[:onclick]}; " : "") + "#{function}; return false;" 
           })
         )
       end
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb
index 6a01bd14b2..ef830e4e98 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/javascript_helper_test.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class JavaScriptHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
   
   def test_link_to_function_with_existing_onclick
-    assert_dom_equal %(<a href="#" onclick="alert('Hello world!'); confirm('Sanity!'); return false;">Greeting</a>), 
+    assert_dom_equal %(<a href="#" onclick="confirm('Sanity!'); alert('Hello world!'); return false;">Greeting</a>), 
       link_to_function("Greeting", "alert('Hello world!')", :onclick => "confirm('Sanity!')")
   end
 end