diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/ios_conversions.mm b/modules/imgcodecs/src/ios_conversions.mm
index c191ffeaec..43268734c9 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/ios_conversions.mm
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/ios_conversions.mm
@@ -120,5 +120,4 @@ void UIImageToMat(const UIImage* image,
     CGContextDrawImage(contextRef, CGRectMake(0, 0, cols, rows),
                        image.CGImage);
     CGContextRelease(contextRef);
-    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
 }