diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py
index ba04570c65ad..3d159c7091ab 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def d_interval(self, minmax):
     def v_interval(self):
         return self.get_view_interval()
 
-    @d_interval.setter
+    @v_interval.setter
     def v_interval(self, minmax):
         return self.set_view_interval(*minmax)