@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def __call__(self, ax, renderer):
         bbox = self.get_window_extent(renderer)
         px, py = self.get_offset(bbox.width, bbox.height, 0, 0, renderer)
         bbox_canvas = Bbox.from_bounds(px, py, bbox.width, bbox.height)
-        tr = ax.figure.transFigure.inverted()
+        tr = ax.figure.transSubfigure.inverted()
         return TransformedBbox(bbox_canvas, tr)
 
 
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ def inset_axes(parent_axes, width, height, loc='upper right',
     inset_axes : *axes_class*
         Inset axes object created.
     """
-
     if axes_class is None:
         axes_class = HostAxes
     if axes_kwargs is None:
 
@@ -707,3 +707,28 @@ def test_removal():
     fig.canvas.draw()
     col.remove()
     fig.canvas.draw()
+@image_comparison(['anchored_locator_base_call.png'], style="classic")
+def test_anchored_locator_base_call():
+    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(3,3))
+    fig1, fig2 = fig.subfigures(nrows=2, ncols=1, height_ratios=[1, 1], squeeze=True)
+
+    ax = fig1.subplots()
+    ax.set(aspect=1, xlim=(-15, 15), ylim=(-20, 5))
+
+    Z = cbook.get_sample_data("axes_grid/bivariate_normal.npy", np_load=True)
+    extent = (-3, 4, -4, 3)
+
+    axins = zoomed_inset_axes(ax, zoom=2, loc='upper left')
+    axins.set(xticks=[], yticks=[])
+    im = axins.imshow(Z, extent=extent, origin="lower")
+
+    # colorbar
+    cax = inset_axes(axins,
+                    width="5%",  # width = 10% of parent_bbox width
+                    height="100%",  # height : 50%
+                    loc='lower left',
+                    bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 0., 1, 1),
+                    bbox_transform=axins.transAxes,
+                    borderpad=0,
+                    )
+    fig.colorbar(im, cax=cax)