diff --git a/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp b/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
index 76011bd458..0b7868a1d1 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ void clipObjects(Size sz, std::vector<Rect>& objects,
     for( i = 0; i < n; i++ )
     {
         Rect r = win0 & objects[i];
-        if( r.area() > 0 )
+        if( !r.empty() )
         {
             objects[j] = r;
             if( i > j )