diff --git a/autoload/airline/highlighter.vim b/autoload/airline/highlighter.vim
index 085afa0..5d4a7d7 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/highlighter.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/highlighter.vim
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ function! airline#highlighter#get_highlight(group, ...)
     let fg = s:get_syn(a:group, 'fg')
     let bg = s:get_syn(a:group, 'bg')
     let bold = synIDattr(synIDtrans(hlID(a:group)), 'bold')
-    let opts = a:000
-    if bold
-      let opts = ['bold']
+    if reverse
+      let res = s:get_array(bg, fg, bold ? ['bold'] : a:000)
+    else
+      let res = s:get_array(fg, bg, bold ? ['bold'] : a:000)
     endif
-    let res = reverse ? s:get_array(bg, fg, opts) : s:get_array(fg, bg, opts)
   endif
   let s:hl_groups[a:group] = res
   return res