BUG: secondary y axis could not be set to log scale (#25545)

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.24.2.rst

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 **Visualization**
 
--
+- Bug in :meth:`Series.plot` where a secondary y axis could not be set to log scale (:issue:`25545`)
 -
 -
 

pandas/plotting/_core.py

@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ def _maybe_right_yaxis(self, ax, axes_num):
 
             if not self._has_plotted_object(orig_ax):  # no data on left y
                 orig_ax.get_yaxis().set_visible(False)
+
+            if self.logy or self.loglog:
+                new_ax.set_yscale('log')
             return new_ax
 
     def _setup_subplots(self):
@@ -613,7 +616,7 @@ def _get_index_name(self):
 
     @classmethod
     def _get_ax_layer(cls, ax, primary=True):
-        """get left (primary) or right (secondary) axes"""
+        """get left (primary) or right () axes"""
         if primary:
             return getattr(ax, 'left_ax', ax)
         else:

pandas/tests/plotting/test_series.py

@@ -570,6 +570,18 @@ def test_df_series_secondary_legend(self):
         assert ax.get_yaxis().get_visible()
         tm.close()
 
+    @pytest.mark.slow
+    def test_secondary_logy(self):
+        # GH 25545
+        s1 = Series(np.random.randn(30))
+        s2 = Series(np.random.randn(30))
+
+        ax1 = s1.plot(logy=True)
+        ax2 = s2.plot(secondary_y=True, logy=True)
+
+        assert ax1.get_yscale() == 'log'
+        assert ax2.get_yscale() == 'log'
+
     @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_plot_fails_with_dupe_color_and_style(self):
         x = Series(randn(2))