diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake
index 6389b19894..de34aff4dd 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ elseif(MIPS)
   ocv_update(CPU_MSA_TEST_FILE "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cpu_msa.cpp")
   ocv_update(CPU_KNOWN_OPTIMIZATIONS "MSA")
   ocv_update(CPU_MSA_FLAGS_ON "-mmsa")
-  set(CPU_BASELINE "MSA" CACHE STRING "${HELP_CPU_BASELINE}")
+  set(CPU_BASELINE "DETECT" CACHE STRING "${HELP_CPU_BASELINE}")
 elseif(PPC64LE)
   ocv_update(CPU_KNOWN_OPTIMIZATIONS "VSX;VSX3")
   ocv_update(CPU_VSX_TEST_FILE "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/checks/cpu_vsx.cpp")