diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 4801e38e..4d52fd43 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
                 pyaxis[Symbol(:tick_, pos)]()        # the tick labels
             end
             py_set_scale(ax, axis)
-            py_set_lims(ax, axis)
+            axis[:ticks] != :native ? py_set_lims(ax, axis) : nothing
             if ispolar(sp) && letter == :y
                 ax[:set_rlabel_position](90)
             end