diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index e97c35e1..8c01e0a8 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -292,8 +292,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
                         if sf isa Number || sf isa AVec
                             pgfx_fillrange_series!( axis, series, series_func, i, _cycle(sf, rng), rng)
                         end
-                        if i == 1 && opt[:label] != "" &&
-                           sp[:legend] != :none && pgfx_should_add_to_legend(series)
+                        if sp[:legend] != :none && pgfx_should_add_to_legend(series)
                             pgfx_filllegend!(series_opt, opt)
                         end
                     end