diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
index ae690b30a62c..1d8c8ce9bbd3 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_ps.py
@@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ def create_hatch(self, hatch):
         {linewidth:f} setlinewidth
 {self._convert_path(
     Path.hatch(hatch), Affine2D().scale(sidelen), simplify=False)}
+        gsave
         fill
+        grestore
         stroke
      }} bind
    >>