diff --git a/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp b/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp
index a591c8231..11e9c50f4 100644
--- a/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp
+++ b/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp
@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ void cv::ocl::pow(const oclMat &x, double p, oclMat &y)
         return;
     }
 
-    CV_Assert((x.type() == y.type() && x.size() == y.size() && x.depth() == CV_32F) || x.depth() == CV_64F);
+    CV_Assert(x.depth() == CV_32F || x.depth() == CV_64F);
     y.create(x.size(), x.type());
     string kernelName = "arithm_pow";