diff --git a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/kmeans_index.h b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/kmeans_index.h
index bfc9b9145..b49b8ddde 100644
--- a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/kmeans_index.h
+++ b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/kmeans_index.h
@@ -271,6 +271,71 @@ public:
         return FLANN_INDEX_KMEANS;
     }
 
+    class KMeansDistanceComputer : public cv::ParallelLoopBody
+    {
+    public:
+        KMeansDistanceComputer(Distance _distance, const Matrix<ElementType>& _dataset,
+            const int _branching, const int* _indices, const Matrix<double>& _dcenters, const size_t _veclen,
+            int* _count, int* _belongs_to, std::vector<DistanceType>& _radiuses, bool& _converged, cv::Mutex& _mtx)
+            : distance(_distance)
+            , dataset(_dataset)
+            , branching(_branching)
+            , indices(_indices)
+            , dcenters(_dcenters)
+            , veclen(_veclen)
+            , count(_count)
+            , belongs_to(_belongs_to)
+            , radiuses(_radiuses)
+            , converged(_converged)
+            , mtx(_mtx)
+        {
+        }
+
+        void operator()(const cv::Range& range) const
+        {
+            const int begin = range.start;
+            const int end = range.end;
+
+            for( int i = begin; i<end; ++i)
+            {
+                DistanceType sq_dist = distance(dataset[indices[i]], dcenters[0], veclen);
+                int new_centroid = 0;
+                for (int j=1; j<branching; ++j) {
+                    DistanceType new_sq_dist = distance(dataset[indices[i]], dcenters[j], veclen);
+                    if (sq_dist>new_sq_dist) {
+                        new_centroid = j;
+                        sq_dist = new_sq_dist;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (sq_dist > radiuses[new_centroid]) {
+                    radiuses[new_centroid] = sq_dist;
+                }
+                if (new_centroid != belongs_to[i]) {
+                    count[belongs_to[i]]--;
+                    count[new_centroid]++;
+                    belongs_to[i] = new_centroid;
+                    mtx.lock();
+                    converged = false;
+                    mtx.unlock();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    private:
+        Distance distance;
+        const Matrix<ElementType>& dataset;
+        const int branching;
+        const int* indices;
+        const Matrix<double>& dcenters;
+        const size_t veclen;
+        int* count;
+        int* belongs_to;
+        std::vector<DistanceType>& radiuses;
+        bool& converged;
+        cv::Mutex& mtx;
+        KMeansDistanceComputer& operator=( const KMeansDistanceComputer & ) { return *this; }
+    };
+
     /**
      * Index constructor
      *
@@ -658,7 +723,8 @@ private:
             return;
         }
 
-        int* centers_idx = new int[branching];
+        cv::AutoBuffer<int> centers_idx_buf(branching);
+        int* centers_idx = (int*)centers_idx_buf;
         int centers_length;
         (this->*chooseCenters)(branching, indices, indices_length, centers_idx, centers_length);
 
@@ -666,29 +732,30 @@ private:
             node->indices = indices;
             std::sort(node->indices,node->indices+indices_length);
             node->childs = NULL;
-            delete [] centers_idx;
             return;
         }
 
 
-        Matrix<double> dcenters(new double[branching*veclen_],branching,veclen_);
+        cv::AutoBuffer<double> dcenters_buf(branching*veclen_);
+        Matrix<double> dcenters((double*)dcenters_buf,branching,veclen_);
         for (int i=0; i<centers_length; ++i) {
             ElementType* vec = dataset_[centers_idx[i]];
             for (size_t k=0; k<veclen_; ++k) {
                 dcenters[i][k] = double(vec[k]);
             }
         }
-        delete[] centers_idx;
 
         std::vector<DistanceType> radiuses(branching);
-        int* count = new int[branching];
+        cv::AutoBuffer<int> count_buf(branching);
+        int* count = (int*)count_buf;
         for (int i=0; i<branching; ++i) {
             radiuses[i] = 0;
             count[i] = 0;
         }
 
         //	assign points to clusters
-        int* belongs_to = new int[indices_length];
+        cv::AutoBuffer<int> belongs_to_buf(indices_length);
+        int* belongs_to = (int*)belongs_to_buf;
         for (int i=0; i<indices_length; ++i) {
 
             DistanceType sq_dist = distance_(dataset_[indices[i]], dcenters[0], veclen_);
@@ -732,27 +799,9 @@ private:
             }
 
             // reassign points to clusters
-            for (int i=0; i<indices_length; ++i) {
-                DistanceType sq_dist = distance_(dataset_[indices[i]], dcenters[0], veclen_);
-                int new_centroid = 0;
-                for (int j=1; j<branching; ++j) {
-                    DistanceType new_sq_dist = distance_(dataset_[indices[i]], dcenters[j], veclen_);
-                    if (sq_dist>new_sq_dist) {
-                        new_centroid = j;
-                        sq_dist = new_sq_dist;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (sq_dist>radiuses[new_centroid]) {
-                    radiuses[new_centroid] = sq_dist;
-                }
-                if (new_centroid != belongs_to[i]) {
-                    count[belongs_to[i]]--;
-                    count[new_centroid]++;
-                    belongs_to[i] = new_centroid;
-
-                    converged = false;
-                }
-            }
+            cv::Mutex mtx;
+            KMeansDistanceComputer invoker(distance_, dataset_, branching, indices, dcenters, veclen_, count, belongs_to, radiuses, converged, mtx);
+            parallel_for_(cv::Range(0, (int)indices_length), invoker);
 
             for (int i=0; i<branching; ++i) {
                 // if one cluster converges to an empty cluster,
@@ -823,11 +872,6 @@ private:
             computeClustering(node->childs[c],indices+start, end-start, branching, level+1);
             start=end;
         }
-
-        delete[] dcenters.data;
-        delete[] centers;
-        delete[] count;
-        delete[] belongs_to;
     }