diff --git a/jquery.flot.js b/jquery.flot.js
index b7ff6ee..2095079 100644
--- a/jquery.flot.js
+++ b/jquery.flot.js
@@ -852,51 +852,49 @@
                 axisw = opts.labelWidth || 0, axish = opts.labelHeight || 0,
                 f = axis.font;
 
-            if (opts.labelWidth == null || opts.labelHeight == null) {
-                ctx.save();
-                ctx.font = f.style + " " + f.variant + " " + f.weight + " " + f.size + "px '" + f.family + "'";
-            
-                for (var i = 0; i < ticks.length; ++i) {
-                    var t = ticks[i];
-                    
-                    t.lines = [];
-                    t.width = t.height = 0;
+            ctx.save();
+            ctx.font = f.style + " " + f.variant + " " + f.weight + " " + f.size + "px '" + f.family + "'";
 
-                    if (!t.label)
-                        continue;
+            for (var i = 0; i < ticks.length; ++i) {
+                var t = ticks[i];
+                
+                t.lines = [];
+                t.width = t.height = 0;
 
-                    // accept various kinds of newlines, including HTML ones
-                    // (you can actually split directly on regexps in Javascript,
-                    // but IE is unfortunately broken)
-                    var lines = t.label.replace(/<br ?\/?>|\r\n|\r/g, "\n").split("\n");
-                    for (var j = 0; j < lines.length; ++j) {
-                        var line = { text: lines[j] },
-                            m = ctx.measureText(line.text);
-                        
-                        line.width = m.width;
-                        // m.height might not be defined, not in the
-                        // standard yet
-                        line.height = m.height != null ? m.height : f.size;
+                if (!t.label)
+                    continue;
 
-                        // add a bit of margin since font rendering is
-                        // not pixel perfect and cut off letters look
-                        // bad, this also doubles as spacing between
-                        // lines
-                        line.height += Math.round(f.size * 0.15);
+                // accept various kinds of newlines, including HTML ones
+                // (you can actually split directly on regexps in Javascript,
+                // but IE is unfortunately broken)
+                var lines = t.label.replace(/<br ?\/?>|\r\n|\r/g, "\n").split("\n");
+                for (var j = 0; j < lines.length; ++j) {
+                    var line = { text: lines[j] },
+                        m = ctx.measureText(line.text);
+                    
+                    line.width = m.width;
+                    // m.height might not be defined, not in the
+                    // standard yet
+                    line.height = m.height != null ? m.height : f.size;
 
-                        t.width = Math.max(line.width, t.width);
-                        t.height += line.height;
+                    // add a bit of margin since font rendering is
+                    // not pixel perfect and cut off letters look
+                    // bad, this also doubles as spacing between
+                    // lines
+                    line.height += Math.round(f.size * 0.15);
 
-                        t.lines.push(line);
-                    }
+                    t.width = Math.max(line.width, t.width);
+                    t.height += line.height;
 
-                    if (opts.labelWidth == null)
-                        axisw = Math.max(axisw, t.width);
-                    if (opts.labelHeight == null)
-                        axish = Math.max(axish, t.height);
+                    t.lines.push(line);
                 }
-                ctx.restore();
+
+                if (opts.labelWidth == null)
+                    axisw = Math.max(axisw, t.width);
+                if (opts.labelHeight == null)
+                    axish = Math.max(axish, t.height);
             }
+            ctx.restore();
 
             axis.labelWidth = Math.ceil(axisw);
             axis.labelHeight = Math.ceil(axish);