diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index d7e8c3ea..f6c539f5 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -425,7 +425,13 @@ function pgfx_axis!(opt::PGFPlotsX.Options, sp::Subplot, letter)
 end
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # display calls this and then _display, its called 3 times for plot(1:5)
+let n_calls = 0
+function _series_updated(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend}, series::Series)
+    n_calls = 0
+end
+
 function _update_plot_object(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
+if n_calls === 0
     plt.o = PGFPlotsX.GroupPlot()
 
     for sp in plt.subplots
@@ -509,6 +515,8 @@ function _update_plot_object(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
         push!( plt.o, axis )
     end
 end
+n_calls += 1
+end
 
 function _show(io::IO, mime::MIME"image/svg+xml", plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
     show(io, mime, plt.o)