diff --git a/modules/hist2d/TH2Painter.mjs b/modules/hist2d/TH2Painter.mjs
index 18a7954b2..6c31d6792 100644
--- a/modules/hist2d/TH2Painter.mjs
+++ b/modules/hist2d/TH2Painter.mjs
@@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ class TH2Painter extends THistPainter {
       }
 
       const pp = this.getPadPainter(),
-            layer = pp.selectChild('.main_layer');
+            layer = pp.getFrameSvg().selectChild('.main_layer');
       let defs = layer.selectChild('defs');
       if (defs.empty() && colPaths.length)
          defs = layer.insert('svg:defs', ':first-child');