From ecc1f949e13737d5d0621152f2b69fcd8a7910af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allan Haldane <allan.haldane@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 13:06:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] BUG: Fix savefig through GUI in GTK backend

Fixes #9407
---
 lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py
index 45dd67442611..ec2d3a6a609d 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ def save_figure(self, *args):
         fname, format = chooser.get_filename_from_user()
         chooser.destroy()
         if fname:
+            startpath = os.path.expanduser(rcParams['savefig.directory'])
             # Save dir for next time, unless empty str (i.e., use cwd).
             if startpath != "":
                 rcParams['savefig.directory'] = (