diff --git a/bob/measure/script/figure.py b/bob/measure/script/figure.py
index 0437f3fa2caab2a86c47fe9d88299cb2287d9a6e..6ee3382bf836f5ac85301bf1efb24ff9ba8f1e10 100644
--- a/bob/measure/script/figure.py
+++ b/bob/measure/script/figure.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class PlotBase(MeasureBase):
                 title = self._title
                 if not self._test:
                     title += (" (%s)" % self._states[0])
-                if self._split:
+                elif self._split:
                     title += (" (%s)" % self._states[i])
                 mpl.title(title)
                 mpl.xlabel(self._x_label)