FIX: properly check figure on gridspec

jklymak · jklymak · commit 9b6c49047669 · 2020-05-11T15:10:52.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def subplots(self, *, sharex=False, sharey=False, squeeze=True,
         .pyplot.subplot
         """
 
-        figure = self[0, 0].get_topmost_subplotspec().get_gridspec().figure
+        figure = self.figure
 
         if figure is None:
             raise ValueError("GridSpec.subplots() only works for GridSpecs "
