diff --git a/examples/with-apollo/lib/apolloClient.js b/examples/with-apollo/lib/apolloClient.js
index 554bcea87ded..b6aa661ce207 100644
--- a/examples/with-apollo/lib/apolloClient.js
+++ b/examples/with-apollo/lib/apolloClient.js
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export function initializeApollo(initialState = null) {
     // Get existing cache, loaded during client side data fetching
     const existingCache = _apolloClient.extract()
 
-    // Merge the existing cache into data passed from getStaticProps/getServerSideProps
-    const data = merge(initialState, existingCache, {
+    // Merge the initialState from getStaticProps/getServerSideProps in the existing cache
+    const data = merge(existingCache, initialState, {
       // combine arrays using object equality (like in sets)
       arrayMerge: (destinationArray, sourceArray) => [
         ...sourceArray,