diff --git a/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp b/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
index 6bfa86118..089d9e55c 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
@@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@ void CascadeClassifierImpl::detectMultiScaleNoGrouping( InputArray _image, std::
     bool use_ocl = ocl::useOpenCL() &&
         (featureType == FeatureEvaluator::HAAR ||
          featureType == FeatureEvaluator::LBP) &&
+        ocl::Device::getDefault().type() != ocl::Device::TYPE_CPU &&
         !isOldFormatCascade() &&
         data.isStumpBased() &&
         maskGenerator.empty() &&