diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/RemoteTaskRunner.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/RemoteTaskRunner.java
index a36e6381678..3d8de3c7001 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/RemoteTaskRunner.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/RemoteTaskRunner.java
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ public class RemoteTaskRunner implements TaskRunner, TaskLogStreamer
               ZkWorker zkWorker, ZkWorker zkWorker2
           )
           {
-            int retVal = -Ints.compare(zkWorker.getCurrCapacityUsed(), zkWorker2.getCurrCapacityUsed());
+            int retVal = Ints.compare(zkWorker2.getCurrCapacityUsed(), zkWorker.getCurrCapacityUsed());
             if (retVal == 0) {
               retVal = zkWorker.getWorker().getHost().compareTo(zkWorker2.getWorker().getHost());
             }
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java
index c0dd98b6718..b1a0463d7b0 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public class PrioritizedExecutorService extends AbstractExecutorService implemen
     @Override
     public int compareTo(PrioritizedListenableFutureTask otherTask)
     {
-      return -Ints.compare(getPriority(), otherTask.getPriority());
+      return Ints.compare(otherTask.getPriority(), getPriority());
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/selector/HighestPriorityTierSelectorStrategy.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/selector/HighestPriorityTierSelectorStrategy.java
index 13995c610f5..db0226e59cd 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/selector/HighestPriorityTierSelectorStrategy.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/client/selector/HighestPriorityTierSelectorStrategy.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class HighestPriorityTierSelectorStrategy extends AbstractTierSelectorStr
     @Override
     public int compare(Integer o1, Integer o2)
     {
-      return -Ints.compare(o1, o2);
+      return Ints.compare(o2, o1);
     }
   };