diff --git a/draftlogs/8092_fix.md b/draftlogs/8092_fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b96136431b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/8092_fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fix autorange turning off for matched axes that have no set range, when another match group sets a range [[#XXXX](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/XXXX)]
diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/constraints.js b/src/plots/cartesian/constraints.js
index 2dd1e665df1..f2d71564bbe 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/constraints.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/constraints.js
@@ -105,9 +105,13 @@ exports.handleDefaults = function(layoutIn, layoutOut, opts) {
     ];
     var hasRange = false;
     var hasDayOfWeekBreaks = false;
+    var rangeIn;
 
     function setAttrVal() {
         val = axOut[attr];
+        if(attr === 'range') {
+            rangeIn = axIn.range;
+        }
         if(attr === 'rangebreaks') {
             hasDayOfWeekBreaks = axOut._hasDayOfWeekBreaks;
         }
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ exports.handleDefaults = function(layoutIn, layoutOut, opts) {
 
     for(i = 0; i < matchGroups.length; i++) {
         group = matchGroups[i];
+        hasRange = false;
 
         // find 'matching' range attrs
         for(var j = 0; j < matchAttrs.length; j++) {
@@ -146,10 +151,10 @@ exports.handleDefaults = function(layoutIn, layoutOut, opts) {
             // if nobody explicitly specifies autorange, but someone does
             // explicitly specify range, autorange must be disabled.
             if(attr === 'range' && val &&
-                axIn.range &&
-                axIn.range.length === 2 &&
-                axIn.range[0] !== null &&
-                axIn.range[1] !== null
+                rangeIn &&
+                rangeIn.length === 2 &&
+                rangeIn[0] !== null &&
+                rangeIn[1] !== null
             ) {
                 hasRange = true;
             }
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
index e964c3c33da..0d8d68dd18f 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
@@ -1187,6 +1187,34 @@ describe('Test axes', function() {
             _assertMatchingAxes(['xaxis4', 'yaxis4'], false, [-1, 3]);
         });
 
+        it('should not turn off autorange in match groups that have no set range', function() {
+            // shared x and y axes on a 2x2 grid, with a range on every x axis
+            layoutIn = {
+                xaxis: {matches: 'x3', range: [0, 100]},
+                xaxis2: {matches: 'x4', range: [0, 100]},
+                xaxis3: {range: [0, 100]},
+                xaxis4: {range: [0, 100]},
+                yaxis: {},
+                yaxis2: {matches: 'y'},
+                yaxis3: {},
+                yaxis4: {matches: 'y3'}
+            };
+            layoutOut._subplots.cartesian.push('x2y2', 'x3y3', 'x4y4');
+            layoutOut._subplots.xaxis.push('x2', 'x3', 'x4');
+            layoutOut._subplots.yaxis.push('y2', 'y3', 'y4');
+
+            supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData);
+
+            expect(layoutOut._axisMatchGroups.length).toBe(4);
+
+            ['xaxis', 'xaxis2', 'xaxis3', 'xaxis4'].forEach((axName) => {
+                expect(layoutOut[axName].autorange).withContext(axName).toBe(false);
+            });
+            ['yaxis', 'yaxis2', 'yaxis3', 'yaxis4'].forEach((axName) => {
+                expect(layoutOut[axName].autorange).withContext(axName).toBe(true);
+            });
+        });
+
         it('should match set axis range value for matching axes even when matching a *missing* axis', function() {
             layoutIn = {
                 // N.B. xaxis is set, but does not correspond to a subplot