diff --git a/src/traces/bar/plot.js b/src/traces/bar/plot.js
index d013f7ec46f..9466ce9a061 100644
--- a/src/traces/bar/plot.js
+++ b/src/traces/bar/plot.js
@@ -232,12 +232,20 @@ function appendBarText(gd, plotinfo, bar, calcTrace, i, x0, x1, y0, y1) {
     if(orientation === 'h') {
         var xa = plotinfo.xaxis;
         if(xa.type === 'log' && di.s0 <= 0) {
-            x0 = xa._length;
+            if(xa.range[0] < xa.range[1]) {
+                x0 = 0;
+            } else {
+                x0 = xa._length;
+            }
         }
     } else {
         var ya = plotinfo.yaxis;
         if(ya.type === 'log' && di.s0 <= 0) {
-            y0 = ya._length;
+            if(ya.range[0] < ya.range[1]) {
+                y0 = ya._length;
+            } else {
+                y0 = 0;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/bar-autotext-log-size-axes.png b/test/image/baselines/bar-autotext-log-size-axes.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63f3afe2730
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/image/baselines/bar-autotext-log-size-axes.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/bar-autotext-log-size-axes.json b/test/image/mocks/bar-autotext-log-size-axes.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..976c11eeb24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/bar-autotext-log-size-axes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  "data": [{
+    "type": "bar",
+    "x": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "y": [20, 14, 1],
+    "text": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "textposition": "auto"
+  }, {
+    "type": "bar",
+    "x": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "y": [20, 14, 1],
+    "text": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "textposition": "auto",
+    "xaxis": "x2",
+    "yaxis": "y2"
+  }, {
+    "type": "bar",
+    "y": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "x": [20, 14, 1],
+    "text": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "orientation": "h",
+    "textposition": "auto",
+    "xaxis": "x3",
+    "yaxis": "y3"
+  }, {
+    "type": "bar",
+    "y": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "x": [20, 14, 1],
+    "text": ["giraffes", "orangutans", "monkeys"],
+    "orientation": "h",
+    "textposition": "auto",
+    "xaxis": "x4",
+    "yaxis": "y4"
+  }],
+  "layout": {
+    "showlegend": false,
+    "grid": {"rows": 2, "columns": 2, "pattern": "independent", "xgap": 0.1, "ygap": 0.1},
+    "xaxis": {"showticklabels": false},
+    "yaxis": {"type": "log"},
+    "xaxis2": {"showticklabels": false},
+    "yaxis2": {"type": "log", "autorange": "reversed", "side": "right"},
+    "xaxis3": {"type": "log"},
+    "yaxis3": {"showticklabels": false},
+    "xaxis4": {"type": "log", "autorange": "reversed"},
+    "yaxis4": {"showticklabels": false},
+    "width": 600,
+    "height": 600,
+    "margin": {"l": 20, "t": 20, "r": 20, "b": 20}
+  }
+}