diff --git a/src/coord/cartesian/AxisModel.js b/src/coord/cartesian/AxisModel.js
index 11df64f57b5d941c03f9bb1cd1f45c579c3d07f7..52e156453e74cc5148d7d16914bc3e923d44c2a7 100644
--- a/src/coord/cartesian/AxisModel.js
+++ b/src/coord/cartesian/AxisModel.js
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ define(function(require) {
         defaultOption: {
             type: 'category',
 
-            gridIndex: 0,
-
-            position: 'bottom'
+            gridIndex: 0
         }
     });
 
@@ -71,9 +69,7 @@ define(function(require) {
         defaultOption: {
             type: 'value',
 
-            gridIndex: 0,
-
-            position: 'left'
+            gridIndex: 0
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js b/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js
index 977ee1a676c8f357eb40ae690d06b8d4525f8588..9bcd7968c816975a993f5e98948f0f14023c3277 100644
--- a/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js
+++ b/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js
@@ -116,8 +116,12 @@ define(function(require, factory) {
      * @private
      */
     gridProto._initCartesian = function (gridModel, ecModel, api) {
-        var leftUsed = false;
-        var bottomUsed = false;
+        var axisPositionUsed = {
+            left: false,
+            right: false,
+            top: false,
+            bottom: false
+        };
 
         var axesMap = {
             x: {},
@@ -189,9 +193,26 @@ define(function(require, factory) {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                var axisPosition = axisType === 'x'
-                    ? axisModel.get('position') || (bottomUsed ? 'top' : 'bottom')
-                    : axisModel.get('position') || (leftUsed ? 'right' : 'left');
+                var axisPosition = axisModel.get('position');
+                if (axisType === 'x') {
+                    // Fix position
+                    if (axisPosition !== 'top' || axisPosition !== 'bottom') {
+                        axisPosition = 'bottom';
+                    }
+                    if (axisPositionUsed[axisPosition]) {
+                        axisPosition = axisPosition === 'top' ? 'bottom' : 'top';
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Fix position
+                    if (axisPosition !== 'left' || axisPosition !== 'right') {
+                        axisPosition = 'left';
+                    }
+                    if (axisPositionUsed[axisPosition]) {
+                        axisPosition = axisPosition === 'left' ? 'right' : 'left';
+                    }
+                }
+                axisPositionUsed[axisPosition] = true;
 
                 var axis = new Axis2D(
                     axisType, axisHelper.createScaleByModel(axisModel),
diff --git a/test/area2.html b/test/area2.html
index ead0b180ac2f86c15be8de20a4004875ef0eae5c..73beb6807c72a9544beb4533b33e97275f730a80 100644
--- a/test/area2.html
+++ b/test/area2.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
             html, body, #main {
                 width: 100%;
                 height: 100%;
+                margin: 0;
             }
         </style>
         <div id="main"></div>
@@ -133,7 +134,6 @@
                         {
                             name : '降雨量(mm)',
                             type : 'value',
-                            position: 'right',
                             inverse: true
                         }
                     ],