diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/parasite_axes.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/parasite_axes.py
index 512c2016d9a1..d003e5c40253 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/parasite_axes.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid1/parasite_axes.py
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ def _pcolor(self, super_pcolor, *XYC, **kwargs):
             X, Y, C = XYC
 
         if "transform" in kwargs:
-            mesh = super_pcolor(self, X, Y, C, **kwargs)
+            mesh = super_pcolor(X, Y, C, **kwargs)
         else:
             orig_shape = X.shape
             xyt = np.column_stack([X.flat, Y.flat])
             wxy = self.transAux.transform(xyt)
             gx = wxy[:, 0].reshape(orig_shape)
             gy = wxy[:, 1].reshape(orig_shape)
-            mesh = super_pcolor(self, gx, gy, C, **kwargs)
+            mesh = super_pcolor(gx, gy, C, **kwargs)
             mesh.set_transform(self._parent_axes.transData)
 
         return mesh
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ def _contour(self, super_contour, *XYCL, **kwargs):
             CL = XYCL[2:]
 
         if "transform" in kwargs:
-            cont = super_contour(self, X, Y, *CL, **kwargs)
+            cont = super_contour(X, Y, *CL, **kwargs)
         else:
             orig_shape = X.shape
             xyt = np.column_stack([X.flat, Y.flat])
             wxy = self.transAux.transform(xyt)
             gx = wxy[:, 0].reshape(orig_shape)
             gy = wxy[:, 1].reshape(orig_shape)
-            cont = super_contour(self, gx, gy, *CL, **kwargs)
+            cont = super_contour(gx, gy, *CL, **kwargs)
             for c in cont.collections:
                 c.set_transform(self._parent_axes.transData)
 
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/baseline_images/test_axisartist_axislines/ParasiteAxesAuxTrans_meshplot.png b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/baseline_images/test_axisartist_axislines/ParasiteAxesAuxTrans_meshplot.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8116fe1228f
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/baseline_images/test_axisartist_axislines/ParasiteAxesAuxTrans_meshplot.png differ
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_axisartist_axislines.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_axisartist_axislines.py
index 4bf67b4b0df7..6fde0c055dd5 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_axisartist_axislines.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_axisartist_axislines.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.testing.decorators import image_comparison
+from matplotlib.transforms import IdentityTransform
 
 from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.axislines import SubplotZero, Subplot
+from mpl_toolkits.axisartist import SubplotHost, ParasiteAxesAuxTrans
 
 from mpl_toolkits.axisartist import Axes
 
@@ -53,3 +55,35 @@ def test_Axes():
     ax.set_xscale('log')
 
     plt.show()
+
+
+@image_comparison(baseline_images=['ParasiteAxesAuxTrans_meshplot'],
+                  extensions=['png'], remove_text=True, style='default',
+                  tol=0.075)
+def test_ParasiteAxesAuxTrans():
+
+    data = np.ones((6, 6))
+    data[2, 2] = 2
+    data[0, :] = 0
+    data[-2, :] = 0
+    data[:, 0] = 0
+    data[:, -2] = 0
+    x = np.arange(6)
+    y = np.arange(6)
+    xx, yy = np.meshgrid(x, y)
+
+    funcnames = ['pcolor', 'pcolormesh', 'contourf']
+
+    fig = plt.figure()
+    for i, name in enumerate(funcnames):
+
+        ax1 = SubplotHost(fig, 1, 3, i+1)
+        fig.add_subplot(ax1)
+
+        ax2 = ParasiteAxesAuxTrans(ax1, IdentityTransform())
+        ax1.parasites.append(ax2)
+        getattr(ax2, name)(xx, yy, data)
+        ax1.set_xlim((0, 5))
+        ax1.set_ylim((0, 5))
+
+    ax2.contour(xx, yy, data, colors='k')