diff --git a/R/geom-function.R b/R/geom-function.R
index 6e2ea95336..5cc1399945 100644
--- a/R/geom-function.R
+++ b/R/geom-function.R
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@
 geom_function <- function(mapping = NULL, data = NULL, stat = "function",
                           position = "identity", ..., na.rm = FALSE,
                           show.legend = NA, inherit.aes = TRUE) {
-  # Warn if supplied data is going to be overwritten
-  if (identical(stat, "function")) {
-    if (!is.null(data)) {
-      warn("`data` is not used by stat_function()")
-    }
+  if (is.null(data)) {
     data <- ensure_nonempty_data
   }
 
diff --git a/R/stat-function.r b/R/stat-function.r
index c4d1b504ec..99bd7137e0 100644
--- a/R/stat-function.r
+++ b/R/stat-function.r
@@ -24,12 +24,9 @@ stat_function <- function(mapping = NULL, data = NULL,
                           na.rm = FALSE,
                           show.legend = NA,
                           inherit.aes = TRUE) {
-
-  # Warn if supplied data is going to be overwritten
-  if (!is.null(data)) {
-    warn("`data` is not used by stat_function()")
+  if (is.null(data)) {
+    data <- ensure_nonempty_data
   }
-  data <- ensure_nonempty_data
 
   layer(
     data = data,
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-stat-function.R b/tests/testthat/test-stat-function.R
index 46c4176c1e..b965876c0c 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-stat-function.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-stat-function.R
@@ -131,7 +131,34 @@ test_that("Warn when drawing multiple copies of the same function", {
   expect_warning(f(), "Multiple drawing groups")
 })
 
-test_that("`data` is not used by stat_function()", {
-  expect_warning(geom_function(data = mtcars, fun = identity), "`data` is not used")
-  expect_warning(stat_function(data = mtcars, fun = identity), "`data` is not used")
+test_that("Line style can be changed via provided data", {
+  df <- data_frame(fun = "#D55E00")
+
+  base <- ggplot(df) +
+    geom_function(aes(color = fun), fun = identity, n = 6) +
+    scale_color_identity()
+  ret <- layer_data(base)
+  expect_identical(ret$x, seq(0, 1, length.out = 6))
+  expect_identical(ret$y, ret$x)
+  expect_identical(ret$colour, rep("#D55E00", 6))
+
+  base <- ggplot() +
+    geom_function(
+      data = df, aes(color = fun), fun = identity, n = 6
+    ) +
+    scale_color_identity()
+  ret <- layer_data(base)
+  expect_identical(ret$x, seq(0, 1, length.out = 6))
+  expect_identical(ret$y, ret$x)
+  expect_identical(ret$colour, rep("#D55E00", 6))
+
+  base <- ggplot() +
+    stat_function(
+      data = df, aes(color = fun), fun = identity, n = 6
+    ) +
+    scale_color_identity()
+  ret <- layer_data(base)
+  expect_identical(ret$x, seq(0, 1, length.out = 6))
+  expect_identical(ret$y, ret$x)
+  expect_identical(ret$colour, rep("#D55E00", 6))
 })