diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
index 14fdd4533bc3..063b9bc9946a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/text.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import six
 from six.moves import zip
 
+import copy
 import math
 import warnings
 
@@ -2092,7 +2093,9 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
                 self.arrow_patch.figure = self.figure
             self.arrow_patch.draw(renderer)
 
-        Text.draw(self, renderer)
+        astext = copy.copy(self)
+        astext.__class__ = Text
+        Text.draw(astext, renderer)
 
     def get_window_extent(self, renderer=None):
         '''