diff --git a/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js b/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js
index 62e224407d132f01d85e1814af6f6c837a00820c..6e3a3dd6b53f45ecd91396f53b7e55e840371573 100644
--- a/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js
+++ b/src/coord/cartesian/Grid.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ define(function(require, factory) {
                     yAxisModel.get('type'),
                     yAxisModel.get('position')
                 );
-                axisY.onBand = yAxisModel.get('boundaryGap');
+                axisY.onBand = yAxisModel.get('boundaryGap') && axisY.type === 'category';
                 axisY.inverse = yAxisModel.get('inverse');
 
                 yAxisModel.axis = axisY;