diff --git a/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/visualize.py b/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/visualize.py
index fb443de1..6abd3872 100644
--- a/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/visualize.py
+++ b/GPy/plotting/matplot_dep/visualize.py
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ class lvm(matplotlib_show):
             else:
                 vals = param_to_array(model.X)
 
-        vals = param_to_array(vals)
         matplotlib_show.__init__(self, vals, axes=latent_axes)
 
         if isinstance(latent_axes,mpl.axes.Axes):