diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index b4622145..fc8d2700 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ end
 function gr_colorbar(sp::Subplot)
     if sp[:colorbar] != :none
         gr_set_viewport_cmap(sp)
-        GR.colormap()
+        GR.colorbar()
         gr_set_viewport_plotarea()
     end
 end