diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index 88560834..96927b41 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -462,16 +462,12 @@ def hardlinkFile(srcFile, destFile):
         copyFile(srcFile, destFile)
 
 
-def symlink(srcFile, destFile):
+def symlink(src, dst):
     if os.name == 'nt':
         import ctypes
-
-        if ctypes.windll.kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkW(unicode(destFile), unicode(srcFile),
-                                                      1 if os.path.isdir(srcFile) else 0) in [0,
-                                                                                              1280]:
-            raise ctypes.WinError()
-        else:
-            os.symlink(srcFile, destFile)
+        if ctypes.windll.kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkW(unicode(dst), unicode(src), 1 if os.path.isdir(src) else 0) in [0,1280]: raise ctypes.WinError()
+    else:
+        os.symlink(src, dst)
 
 
 def moveAndSymlinkFile(srcFile, destFile):