diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index 61b161642fef..0ea58683e6d4 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -2983,7 +2983,7 @@ def set_xscale(self, value, **kwargs):
         # If the scale is being set to log, clip nonposx to prevent headaches
         # around zero
         if value.lower() == 'log' and 'nonposx' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['nonposx'] = 'clip'
+            kwargs['nonposx'] = 'mask'
 
         g = self.get_shared_x_axes()
         for ax in g.get_siblings(self):
@@ -3277,7 +3277,7 @@ def set_yscale(self, value, **kwargs):
         # If the scale is being set to log, clip nonposy to prevent headaches
         # around zero
         if value.lower() == 'log' and 'nonposy' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['nonposy'] = 'clip'
+            kwargs['nonposy'] = 'mask'
 
         g = self.get_shared_y_axes()
         for ax in g.get_siblings(self):
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/log_scales.png b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/log_scales.png
index 876b47caedb6..77ca4663386b 100644
Binary files a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/log_scales.png and b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/log_scales.png differ