diff --git a/src/traces/splom/base_plot.js b/src/traces/splom/base_plot.js
index 209cce173f8..405373411aa 100644
--- a/src/traces/splom/base_plot.js
+++ b/src/traces/splom/base_plot.js
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ function makeGridData(gd) {
         var sp = fullLayout._plots[k];
         var xa = sp.xaxis;
         var ya = sp.yaxis;
-        var xVals = xa._vals;
-        var yVals = ya._vals;
+        var xVals = xa._gridVals;
+        var yVals = ya._gridVals;
         // ya.l2p assumes top-to-bottom coordinate system (a la SVG),
         // we need to compute bottom-to-top offsets and slopes:
         var yOffset = gs.b + ya.domain[0] * gs.h;
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/splom_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/splom_test.js
index af102e82662..0bf5fd308ff 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/splom_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/splom_test.js
@@ -702,26 +702,26 @@ describe('Test splom interactions:', function() {
         }
 
         Plotly.plot(gd, fig).then(function() {
-            _assert([1198, 16678, 3358, 118]);
+            _assert([1198, 16558, 3358, 118]);
             return Plotly.restyle(gd, 'showupperhalf', false);
         })
         .then(function() {
-            _assert([1198, 8488, 1768, 4]);
+            _assert([1198, 8476, 1768, 4]);
             return Plotly.restyle(gd, 'diagonal.visible', false);
         })
         .then(function() {
-            _assert([1138, 7654, 1600]);
+            _assert([1138, 7534, 1600]);
             return Plotly.restyle(gd, {
                 showupperhalf: true,
                 showlowerhalf: false
             });
         })
         .then(function() {
-            _assert([8188, 112, 1588]);
+            _assert([7966, 112, 1588]);
             return Plotly.restyle(gd, 'diagonal.visible', true);
         })
         .then(function() {
-            _assert([58, 9022, 1756, 118]);
+            _assert([58, 8908, 1756, 118]);
             return Plotly.relayout(gd, {
                 'xaxis.gridcolor': null,
                 'xaxis.gridwidth': null,
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ describe('Test splom interactions:', function() {
         .then(function() {
             // one batch for all 'grid' lines
             // and another for all 'zeroline' lines
-            _assert([9082, 1876]);
+            _assert([8968, 1876]);
         })
         .catch(failTest)
         .then(done);