diff --git a/src/controllers/controller.bar.js b/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
index 760fd8887ef..41881600110 100644
--- a/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
+++ b/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ module.exports = DatasetController.extend({
 		var scale = me.getValueScale();
 		var isHorizontal = scale.isHorizontal();
 		var datasets = chart.data.datasets;
-		var value = scale.getRightValue(datasets[datasetIndex].data[index]);
+		var value = +scale.getRightValue(datasets[datasetIndex].data[index]);
 		var minBarLength = scale.options.minBarLength;
 		var stacked = scale.options.stacked;
 		var stack = meta.stack;
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ module.exports = DatasetController.extend({
 					imeta.controller.getValueScaleId() === scale.id &&
 					chart.isDatasetVisible(i)) {
 
-					ivalue = scale.getRightValue(datasets[i].data[index]);
+					ivalue = +scale.getRightValue(datasets[i].data[index]);
 					if ((value < 0 && ivalue < 0) || (value >= 0 && ivalue > 0)) {
 						start += ivalue;
 					}
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ module.exports = DatasetController.extend({
 
 		base = scale.getPixelForValue(start);
 		head = scale.getPixelForValue(start + value);
-		size = (head - base) / 2;
+		size = head - base;
 
 		if (minBarLength !== undefined && Math.abs(size) < minBarLength) {
 			size = minBarLength;
diff --git a/test/specs/controller.bar.tests.js b/test/specs/controller.bar.tests.js
index 62ab0acd87a..4b33c939c61 100644
--- a/test/specs/controller.bar.tests.js
+++ b/test/specs/controller.bar.tests.js
@@ -1259,6 +1259,67 @@ describe('Chart.controllers.bar', function() {
 		});
 	});
 
+	it('should update elements when the scales are stacked and the y axis is logarithmic and data is strings', function() {
+		var chart = window.acquireChart({
+			type: 'bar',
+			data: {
+				datasets: [{
+					data: ['10', '100', '10', '100'],
+					label: 'dataset1'
+				}, {
+					data: ['100', '10', '0', '100'],
+					label: 'dataset2'
+				}],
+				labels: ['label1', 'label2', 'label3', 'label4']
+			},
+			options: {
+				legend: false,
+				title: false,
+				scales: {
+					xAxes: [{
+						type: 'category',
+						display: false,
+						stacked: true,
+						barPercentage: 1,
+					}],
+					yAxes: [{
+						type: 'logarithmic',
+						display: false,
+						stacked: true
+					}]
+				}
+			}
+		});
+
+		var meta0 = chart.getDatasetMeta(0);
+
+		[
+			{b: 512, w: 102, x: 64, y: 512},
+			{b: 512, w: 102, x: 192, y: 118},
+			{b: 512, w: 102, x: 320, y: 512},
+			{b: 512, w: 102, x: 449, y: 118}
+		].forEach(function(values, i) {
+			expect(meta0.data[i]._model.base).toBeCloseToPixel(values.b);
+			expect(meta0.data[i]._model.width).toBeCloseToPixel(values.w);
+			expect(meta0.data[i]._model.x).toBeCloseToPixel(values.x);
+			expect(meta0.data[i]._model.y).toBeCloseToPixel(values.y);
+		});
+
+		var meta1 = chart.getDatasetMeta(1);
+
+		[
+			{b: 512, w: 102, x: 64, y: 102},
+			{b: 118, w: 102, x: 192, y: 102},
+			{b: 512, w: 102, x: 320, y: 512},
+			{b: 118, w: 102, x: 449, y: 0}
+		].forEach(function(values, i) {
+			expect(meta1.data[i]._model.base).toBeCloseToPixel(values.b);
+			expect(meta1.data[i]._model.width).toBeCloseToPixel(values.w);
+			expect(meta1.data[i]._model.x).toBeCloseToPixel(values.x);
+			expect(meta1.data[i]._model.y).toBeCloseToPixel(values.y);
+		});
+	});
+
 	it('should draw all bars', function() {
 		var chart = window.acquireChart({
 			type: 'bar',