diff --git a/django/utils/functional.py b/django/utils/functional.py
index d1514d57286..2c13c90bbb3 100644
--- a/django/utils/functional.py
+++ b/django/utils/functional.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-def curry(*args, **kwargs):
+def curry(func, *args, **kwargs):
     def _curried(*moreargs, **morekwargs):
-        return args[0](*(args[1:]+moreargs), **dict(kwargs.items() + morekwargs.items()))
+        return func(*(args+moreargs), **dict(kwargs, **morekwargs))
     return _curried
 
 class Promise: