diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk3agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk3agg.py
index 90b38ffa4ec3..bb469b85783d 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk3agg.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk3agg.py
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@ def blit(self, bbox=None):
 
 
 @_BackendGTK3.export
-class _BackendGTK3Cairo(_BackendGTK3):
+class _BackendGTK3Agg(_BackendGTK3):
     FigureCanvas = FigureCanvasGTK3Agg