diff --git a/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp b/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp
index 26c61235ee..d95c46b5d3 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ TEST_P(Test_TensorFlow_nets, EfficientDet)
     }
     checkBackend();
     std::string proto = findDataFile("dnn/efficientdet-d0.pbtxt");
-    std::string model = findDataFile("dnn/efficientdet-d0.pb");
+    std::string model = findDataFile("dnn/efficientdet-d0.pb", false);
 
     Net net = readNetFromTensorflow(model, proto);
     Mat img = imread(findDataFile("dnn/dog416.png"));