diff --git a/src/frontend/interp.c b/src/frontend/interp.c
index dada350b4..c4e6b2886 100644
--- a/src/frontend/interp.c
+++ b/src/frontend/interp.c
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ Author: 1985 Wayne A. Christopher, U. C. Berkeley CAD Group
 
 
 void
-lincopy(struct dvec *ov, double *newscale, int newlen, struct dvec *oldscale)
+lincopy(struct plot *new, struct dvec *ov, struct dvec *oldscale)
 {
+    int newlen = new->pl_scale->v_length;
+    double *newscale = new->pl_scale->v_realdata;
+
     struct dvec *v;
     double *nd;
 
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ lincopy(struct dvec *ov, double *newscale, int newlen, struct dvec *oldscale)
         return;
     }
 
+    v->v_plot = new;
     vec_new(v);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/interp.h b/src/frontend/interp.h
index ae6b8f26d..d0c52628a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/interp.h
+++ b/src/frontend/interp.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef ngspice_INTERP_H
 #define ngspice_INTERP_H
 
-void lincopy(struct dvec *ov, double *newscale, int newlen, struct dvec *oldscale);
+void lincopy(struct plot *new, struct dvec *ov, struct dvec *oldscale);
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/frontend/linear.c b/src/frontend/linear.c
index 8e8a218f6..50c33a841 100644
--- a/src/frontend/linear.c
+++ b/src/frontend/linear.c
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ com_linearize(wordlist *wl)
                 wl = wl->wl_next;
                 continue;
             }
-            lincopy(v, newtime->v_realdata, len, oldtime);
+            lincopy(new, v, oldtime);
             wl = wl->wl_next;
         }
     } else {
         for (v = old->pl_dvecs; v; v = v->v_next) {
             if (v == old->pl_scale)
                 continue;
-            lincopy(v, newtime->v_realdata, len, oldtime);
+            lincopy(new, v, oldtime);
         }
     }
 }