diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreServiceProvider.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreServiceProvider.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreServiceProvider.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/CoreServiceProvider.php
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
     else {
       $container->register('module_handler', 'Drupal\Core\Extension\CachedModuleHandler')
         ->addArgument(new Reference('event_dispatcher'))
-        ->addArgument('%container.modules%')
         ->addArgument(new Reference('state'))
-        ->addArgument(new Reference('cache.bootstrap'));
+        ->addArgument(new Reference('cache.bootstrap'))
+        ->addArgument('%container.modules%');
     }
   }
 
diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/CachedModuleHandler.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/CachedModuleHandler.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/CachedModuleHandler.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/CachedModuleHandler.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   /**
    * Constructs a new CachedModuleHandler object.
    */
-  public function __construct(array $module_list = array(), StateInterface $state, CacheBackendInterface $bootstrap_cache, EventDispatcherInterface $event_dispatcher) {
+  public function __construct(EventDispatcherInterface $event_dispatcher, StateInterface $state, CacheBackendInterface $bootstrap_cache, array $module_list = array()) {
     parent::__construct($event_dispatcher, $module_list);
     $this->state = $state;
     $this->bootstrapCache = $bootstrap_cache;