diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/autorange.js b/src/plots/cartesian/autorange.js
index 9667aa78f46..014fe243112 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/autorange.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/autorange.js
@@ -229,9 +229,7 @@ function makePadFn(fullLayout, ax, max) {
         if(ax.rangemode !== 'nonnegative') {
             A = padInsideLabelsOnAnchorAxis(ax, max);
 
-            if(anchorAxis.rangemode !== 'nonnegative') {
-                B = padInsideLabelsOnThisAxis(ax, max);
-            }
+            B = padInsideLabelsOnThisAxis(ax, max);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-5.png b/test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-5.png
index 49efa348d07..c05b0d678dc 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-5.png and b/test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-5.png differ