diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py
index f2f7b37170ec9..896d3278cdde1 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/common.py
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def _check_ticks_props(
 
         axes = self._flatten_visible(axes)
         for ax in axes:
-            if xlabelsize or xrot:
+            if xlabelsize is not None or xrot is not None:
                 if isinstance(ax.xaxis.get_minor_formatter(), NullFormatter):
                     # If minor ticks has NullFormatter, rot / fontsize are not
                     # retained
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def _check_ticks_props(
                     if xrot is not None:
                         tm.assert_almost_equal(label.get_rotation(), xrot)
 
-            if ylabelsize or yrot:
+            if ylabelsize is not None or yrot is not None:
                 if isinstance(ax.yaxis.get_minor_formatter(), NullFormatter):
                     labels = ax.get_yticklabels()
                 else:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..af67ed7ec215b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import pytest
+
+import pandas.util._test_decorators as td
+
+from pandas import DataFrame
+from pandas.tests.plotting.common import TestPlotBase, _check_plot_works
+
+
+@td.skip_if_no_mpl
+class TestCommon(TestPlotBase):
+    def test__check_ticks_props(self):
+        # GH 34768
+        df = DataFrame({"b": [0, 1, 0], "a": [1, 2, 3]})
+        ax = _check_plot_works(df.plot, rot=30)
+        ax.yaxis.set_tick_params(rotation=30)
+        msg = "expected 0.00000 but got "
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
+            self._check_ticks_props(ax, xrot=0)
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
+            self._check_ticks_props(ax, xlabelsize=0)
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
+            self._check_ticks_props(ax, yrot=0)
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError, match=msg):
+            self._check_ticks_props(ax, ylabelsize=0)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_frame.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_frame.py
index c84a09f21f46b..fb8f62c946caf 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/test_frame.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/test_frame.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def _assert_xtickslabels_visibility(self, axes, expected):
         for ax, exp in zip(axes, expected):
             self._check_visible(ax.get_xticklabels(), visible=exp)
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Waiting for PR 34334", strict=True)
     @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_plot(self):
         from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.compat import _mpl_ge_3_1_0
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@ def test_groupby_boxplot_sharex(self):
         expected = [False, False, True, True]
         self._assert_xtickslabels_visibility(axes, expected)
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Waiting for PR 34334", strict=True)
     @pytest.mark.slow
     def test_subplots_timeseries(self):
         idx = date_range(start="2014-07-01", freq="M", periods=10)