diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/sql_database/tool.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/sql_database/tool.py
index 99289e4a97..5dfe8f680f 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/sql_database/tool.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/tools/sql_database/tool.py
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ class QuerySQLCheckerTool(BaseSQLDatabaseTool, BaseTool):
             values["llm_chain"] = LLMChain(
                 llm=values.get("llm"),
                 prompt=PromptTemplate(
-                    template=QUERY_CHECKER, input_variables=["query", "dialect"]
+                    template=QUERY_CHECKER, input_variables=["dialect", "query"]
                 ),
             )
 
-        if values["llm_chain"].prompt.input_variables != ["query", "dialect"]:
+        if values["llm_chain"].prompt.input_variables != ["dialect", "query"]:
             raise ValueError(
                 "LLM chain for QueryCheckerTool must have input variables ['query', 'dialect']"
             )