diff -r 11898d6cac09 javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/chart/ValueAxis.java
--- a/javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/chart/ValueAxis.java	Fri Aug 19 13:01:17 2011 -0700
+++ b/javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/chart/ValueAxis.java	Sun Aug 21 23:25:36 2011 -0700
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
      */
     @Override protected final Object autoRange(double length) {
         // guess a sensible starting size for label size, that is approx 2 lines vertically or 2 charts horizontally        
-        double labelSize = (isTickLabelsVisible()) ? getTickLabelFont().getSize() * 2 : 0;
+        double labelSize = getTickLabelFont().getSize() * 2;
         return autoRange(dataMinValue,dataMaxValue,length,labelSize);
     }