diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index ec210aab..4ae9370f 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ end
 function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
     if !pgfx_plot.is_created
         the_plot = PGFPlotsX.TikzPicture(PGFPlotsX.Options())
-        cols, rows = size(plt.layout.grid)
+        rows, cols = size(plt.layout.grid)
         bgc = plt.attr[:background_color_outside] == :match ? plt.attr[:background_color] : plt.attr[:background_color]
         if bgc isa Colors.Colorant
             cstr = plot_color(bgc)