diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp
index 7a45ecd31b..12f4189ed7 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp
@@ -938,6 +938,15 @@ struct GeluFunctor : public BaseFunctor {
     }
 #endif  // HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CANN
+    Ptr<BackendNode> initCannOp(const std::string& name,
+                                const std::vector<Ptr<BackendWrapper> > &inputs,
+                                const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes)
+    {
+        CV_Error(Error::StsNotImplemented, "");
+    }
+#endif // HAVE_CANN
+
     int64 getFLOPSPerElement() const { return 100; }
 };