diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py b/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py
index bb2ea311430e..b40f6549c945 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/cbook.py
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ def _reshape_2D(X, name):
 
     # Iterate over columns for ndarrays.
     if isinstance(X, np.ndarray):
-        X = X.T
+        X = X.transpose()
 
         if len(X) == 0:
             return [[]]