diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/mod.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/mod.rs
index 9e82d256..1f5ab1be 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/mod.rs
@@ -831,8 +831,10 @@ impl Plot {
             if let Some(linked_axes) = &linked_axes {
                 let change_x = linked_axes.link_y && !linked_axes.link_x;
                 transform.set_aspect_by_changing_axis(data_aspect as f64, change_x);
-            } else {
+            } else if auto_bounds.any() {
                 transform.set_aspect_by_expanding(data_aspect as f64);
+            } else {
+                transform.set_aspect_by_changing_axis(data_aspect as f64, false);
             }
         }