diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index 8d7181423299..9678e7448bf0 100755
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -2443,7 +2443,7 @@ def bar3d(self, x, y, z, dx, dy, dz, color=None,
 
         facecolors = []
         if color is None:
-            color = [self._get_lines.get_next_color()]
+            color = [self._get_patches_for_fill.get_next_color()]
 
         if len(color) == len(x):
             # bar colors specified, need to expand to number of faces