diff --git a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js
index 37bdd9d191..837b5d844e 100644
--- a/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js
+++ b/src/ol/parser/ogc/gmlparser_v2.js
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ ol.parser.ogc.GML_v2 = function(opt_options) {
       for (var i = 0; i < numCoordinates; ++i) {
         var coord = coordinates[i];
         var part = goog.array.concat(coord);
-        if (goog.isDef(this.axisOrientation) &&
-            this.axisOrientation.substr(0, 2) !== 'en') {
+        if (this.axisOrientation.substr(0, 2) !== 'en') {
           part[0] = coord[1];
           part[1] = coord[0];
         }
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wfs_v1_0_0.test.js b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wfs_v1_0_0.test.js
index bab4dd44dc..c616061602 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wfs_v1_0_0.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/parser/ogc/wfs_v1_0_0.test.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe('ol.parser.ogc.WFS_v1_0_0', function() {
               new ol.expr.Literal(3), new ol.expr.Literal(4),
               undefined,
               new ol.expr.Identifier('the_geom')]);
+        p.getFilterParser().getGmlParser().axisOrientation = 'enu';
         var output = p.writers[p.defaultNamespaceURI]['Query'].apply(
             p, [{
               filter: filter,