diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
index 1d72b1fcefca..bc540dee940a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -2073,8 +2073,9 @@ def print_figure(
         # Some code (e.g. Figure.show) differentiates between having *no*
         # manager and a *None* manager, which should be fixed at some point,
         # but this should be fine.
-        with cbook._setattr_cm(self, _is_saving=True, manager=None), \
-                cbook._setattr_cm(self.figure, dpi=dpi):
+        with cbook._setattr_cm(self, manager=None), \
+                cbook._setattr_cm(self.figure, dpi=dpi), \
+                cbook._setattr_cm(canvas, _is_saving=True):
             origfacecolor = self.figure.get_facecolor()
             origedgecolor = self.figure.get_edgecolor()
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
index 5d508db78e7b..36f0c2f76ca0 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
@@ -579,3 +579,12 @@ def test_tightbbox_box_aspect():
     ax2 = fig.add_subplot(gs[0, 1], projection='3d')
     ax1.set_box_aspect(.5)
     ax2.set_box_aspect((2, 1, 1))
+
+
+@check_figures_equal(extensions=["svg", "pdf", "eps", "png"])
+def test_animated_with_canvas_change(fig_test, fig_ref):
+    ax_ref = fig_ref.subplots()
+    ax_ref.plot(range(5))
+
+    ax_test = fig_test.subplots()
+    ax_test.plot(range(5), animated=True)