matplotlib
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
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+11-17Lines changed: 11 additions & 17 deletions b/‎lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
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+11-17Lines changed: 11 additions & 17 deletions
@@ -2514,10 +2514,8 @@ def _update_title_position(self, renderer):
                     return
             self._autotitlepos = True
 
-        ymax = -10
         for title in titles:
-            x, y0 = title.get_position()
-            y = 1
+            x, _ = title.get_position()
             # need to start again in case of window resizing
             title.set_position((x, 1.0))
             # need to check all our twins too...
@@ -2534,31 +2532,27 @@ def _update_title_position(self, renderer):
                     axs = axs + [ax]
             top = 0
             for ax in axs:
-                try:
-                    choices = ['top', 'unknown']
-                    if (ax.xaxis.get_label_position() == 'top' or
-                            ax.xaxis.get_ticks_position() in choices):
-                        bb = ax.xaxis.get_tightbbox(renderer)
-                    else:
-                        bb = ax.get_window_extent(renderer)
+                if (ax.xaxis.get_ticks_position() in ['top', 'unknown']
+                        or ax.xaxis.get_label_position() == 'top'):
+                    bb = ax.xaxis.get_tightbbox(renderer)
+                else:
+                    bb = ax.get_window_extent(renderer)
+                if bb is not None:
                     top = max(top, bb.ymax)
-                except AttributeError:
-                    # this happens for an empty bb
-                    y = 1
             if title.get_window_extent(renderer).ymin < top:
-                y = self.transAxes.inverted().transform(
-                        (0., top))[1]
+                _, y = self.transAxes.inverted().transform((0, top))
                 title.set_position((x, y))
                 # empirically, this doesn't always get the min to top,
                 # so we need to adjust again.
                 if title.get_window_extent(renderer).ymin < top:
                     _, y = self.transAxes.inverted().transform(
                         (0., 2 * top - title.get_window_extent(renderer).ymin))
                     title.set_position((x, y))
-            ymax = max(y, ymax)
+
+        ymax = max(title.get_position()[1] for title in titles)
         for title in titles:
             # now line up all the titles at the highest baseline.
-            x, y0 = title.get_position()
+            x, _ = title.get_position()
             title.set_position((x, ymax))
 
     # Drawing