diff --git a/src/mplhep/plot.py b/src/mplhep/plot.py
index ea4b9caf..d24083ed 100644
--- a/src/mplhep/plot.py
+++ b/src/mplhep/plot.py
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ def iterable_not_string(arg):
 
             if do_errors:
                 _kwargs = soft_update_kwargs(_kwargs, {"color": _s.get_edgecolor()})
+                _ls = _kwargs.pop("linestyle", "-")
                 _kwargs["linestyle"] = "none"
                 _plot_info = plottables[i].to_errorbar()
                 _e = ax.errorbar(
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ def iterable_not_string(arg):
                     **_kwargs,
                 )
                 _e_leg = ax.errorbar(
-                    [], [], yerr=1, xerr=1, color=_s.get_edgecolor(), label=_label
+                    [], [], yerr=1, xerr=None, color=_s.get_edgecolor(), label=_label, linestyle=_ls
                 )
             return_artists.append(
                 StairsArtists(
diff --git a/tests/test_mock.py b/tests/test_mock.py
index f275c62e..d9db3e1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_mock.py
+++ b/tests/test_mock.py
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def test_simple(mock_matplotlib):
         approx([]),
         approx([]),
         yerr=1,
-        xerr=1,
+        xerr=None,
+        linestyle='-',
         color=ax.stairs().get_edgecolor(),
         label="X",
     )