diff --git a/nomad/rpc.go b/nomad/rpc.go
index d888a4f59..d437ebe65 100644
--- a/nomad/rpc.go
+++ b/nomad/rpc.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (s *Server) forward(method string, info structs.RPCInfo, args interface{},
 	// Handle region forwarding
 	region := info.RequestRegion()
 	if region != s.config.Region {
-		err := s.forwardRegion(method, region, args, reply)
+		err := s.forwardRegion(region, method, args, reply)
 		return true, err
 	}
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (s *Server) forwardLeader(method string, args interface{}, reply interface{
 }
 
 // forwardRegion is used to forward an RPC call to a remote region, or fail if no servers
-func (s *Server) forwardRegion(method, region string, args interface{}, reply interface{}) error {
+func (s *Server) forwardRegion(region, method string, args interface{}, reply interface{}) error {
 	// Bail if we can't find any servers
 	s.peerLock.RLock()
 	servers := s.peers[region]
diff --git a/nomad/rpc_test.go b/nomad/rpc_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..281c4a7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomad/rpc_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package nomad
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/testutil"
+)
+
+func TestRPC_forwardLeader(t *testing.T) {
+	s1 := testServer(t, nil)
+	defer s1.Shutdown()
+	s2 := testServer(t, func(c *Config) {
+		c.DevDisableBootstrap = true
+	})
+	defer s2.Shutdown()
+	testJoin(t, s1, s2)
+	testutil.WaitForLeader(t, s1.RPC)
+
+	var out struct{}
+	err := s1.forwardLeader("Status.Ping", struct{}{}, &out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = s2.forwardLeader("Status.Ping", struct{}{}, &out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRPC_forwardRegion(t *testing.T) {
+	s1 := testServer(t, nil)
+	defer s1.Shutdown()
+	s2 := testServer(t, func(c *Config) {
+		c.Region = "region2"
+	})
+	defer s2.Shutdown()
+	testJoin(t, s1, s2)
+
+	var out struct{}
+	err := s1.forwardRegion("region2", "Status.Ping", struct{}{}, &out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	err = s2.forwardRegion("region1", "Status.Ping", struct{}{}, &out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+}