diff --git a/src/scales/scale.linear.js b/src/scales/scale.linear.js
index 3adfd8bd585..3e0de4c1ea1 100644
--- a/src/scales/scale.linear.js
+++ b/src/scales/scale.linear.js
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@
 			// range of the scale
 			this.max = helpers.max(this.ticks);
 			this.min = helpers.min(this.ticks);
-			this.ticksAsNumbers = this.ticks.slice();
 
 			if (this.options.ticks.reverse) {
 				this.ticks.reverse();
@@ -209,6 +208,7 @@
 				this.end = this.max;
 			}
 
+			this.ticksAsNumbers = this.ticks.slice(); // do after we potentially reverse the ticks
 			this.zeroLineIndex = this.ticks.indexOf(0);
 		},
 
diff --git a/test/scale.linear.tests.js b/test/scale.linear.tests.js
index 7be311cd3e6..2d2cdb3dd45 100644
--- a/test/scale.linear.tests.js
+++ b/test/scale.linear.tests.js
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ describe('Linear Scale', function() {
 
 		// Reverse mode makes this count up
 		expect(scale.ticks).toEqual([0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]);
+		expect(scale.ticksAsNumbers).toEqual([0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]);
 		expect(scale.start).toBe(80);
 		expect(scale.end).toBe(0);
 	});