diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index b7f5b17c568..404061f6c31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ master:
      (see #2045)
    * Fixed the check for new PSD slices whether they should be added or whether
      they would add unwanted duplicated data (see #2229)
+   * Fix `period_lim` option when `xaxis_frequency=True` (see #2246)
  - obspy.signal.cross_correlation:
    * Add new `correlate_template()` function with 'full' normalization option,
      required for correlations in template-matching
diff --git a/obspy/signal/spectral_estimation.py b/obspy/signal/spectral_estimation.py
index 0efd6e40f1b..dd40c96e9d3 100644
--- a/obspy/signal/spectral_estimation.py
+++ b/obspy/signal/spectral_estimation.py
@@ -1833,13 +1833,11 @@ def plot(self, filename=None, show_coverage=True, show_histogram=True,
 
         ax.semilogx()
         if xaxis_frequency:
-            xlim = map(lambda x: 1.0 / x, period_lim)
             ax.set_xlabel('Frequency [Hz]')
             ax.invert_xaxis()
         else:
-            xlim = period_lim
             ax.set_xlabel('Period [s]')
-        ax.set_xlim(sorted(xlim))
+        ax.set_xlim(period_lim)
         ax.set_ylim(self.db_bin_edges[0], self.db_bin_edges[-1])
         if self.special_handling is None:
             ax.set_ylabel('Amplitude [$m^2/s^4/Hz$] [dB]')