diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index 958ae9cf..e80e8e07 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ function gr_draw_grid(sp, axis, segments, func = gr_polyline)
 end
 
 function gr_draw_minorgrid(sp, axis, segments, func = gr_polyline)
-    if axis[:grid]
+    if axis[:minorgrid]
         gr_set_line(
             axis[:minorgridlinewidth],
             axis[:minorgridstyle],