diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index 0c2e060fb4..feaa7348c4 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	defer codec.Close()
 
 	w.Header().Set("content-type", contentType)
-	srv.ServeSingleRequest(codec, OptionMethodInvocation, ctx)
+	srv.ServeSingleRequest(ctx, codec, OptionMethodInvocation)
 }
 
 // validateRequest returns a non-zero response code and error message if the
diff --git a/rpc/inproc.go b/rpc/inproc.go
index 595a7ca651..cbe65d10e7 100644
--- a/rpc/inproc.go
+++ b/rpc/inproc.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 )
 
-// NewInProcClient attaches an in-process connection to the given RPC server.
+// DialInProc attaches an in-process connection to the given RPC server.
 func DialInProc(handler *Server) *Client {
 	initctx := context.Background()
 	c, _ := newClient(initctx, func(context.Context) (net.Conn, error) {
diff --git a/rpc/server.go b/rpc/server.go
index 0f29035edb..7f304d8d93 100644
--- a/rpc/server.go
+++ b/rpc/server.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (s *Server) RegisterName(name string, rcvr interface{}) error {
 // If singleShot is true it will process a single request, otherwise it will handle
 // requests until the codec returns an error when reading a request (in most cases
 // an EOF). It executes requests in parallel when singleShot is false.
-func (s *Server) serveRequest(codec ServerCodec, singleShot bool, options CodecOption, ctx context.Context) error {
+func (s *Server) serveRequest(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec, singleShot bool, options CodecOption) error {
 	var pend sync.WaitGroup
 
 	defer func() {
@@ -216,14 +216,14 @@ func (s *Server) serveRequest(codec ServerCodec, singleShot bool, options CodecO
 // stopped. In either case the codec is closed.
 func (s *Server) ServeCodec(codec ServerCodec, options CodecOption) {
 	defer codec.Close()
-	s.serveRequest(codec, false, options, context.Background())
+	s.serveRequest(context.Background(), codec, false, options)
 }
 
 // ServeSingleRequest reads and processes a single RPC request from the given codec. It will not
 // close the codec unless a non-recoverable error has occurred. Note, this method will return after
 // a single request has been processed!
-func (s *Server) ServeSingleRequest(codec ServerCodec, options CodecOption, ctx context.Context) {
-	s.serveRequest(codec, true, options, ctx)
+func (s *Server) ServeSingleRequest(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec, options CodecOption) {
+	s.serveRequest(ctx, codec, true, options)
 }
 
 // Stop will stop reading new requests, wait for stopPendingRequestTimeout to allow pending requests to finish,