diff --git a/gnuplot/src/axes_common.rs b/gnuplot/src/axes_common.rs
index c2c3a324..f5f7db5b 100644
--- a/gnuplot/src/axes_common.rs
+++ b/gnuplot/src/axes_common.rs
@@ -1449,6 +1449,7 @@ impl AxesCommonData
 		let mut first = true;
 		for e in self.elems.iter()
 		{
+			if e.num_rows == 0 { continue; }
 			if !first
 			{
 				write!(writer, ",");