diff --git a/modules/contrib/src/inputoutput.cpp b/modules/contrib/src/inputoutput.cpp
index 640180d59b..75c975bdb7 100644
--- a/modules/contrib/src/inputoutput.cpp
+++ b/modules/contrib/src/inputoutput.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ namespace cv
 		#else
 			DIR *dp;
 			struct dirent *dirp;
-			if((dp  = opendir(directoryName.c_str())) == NULL) 
-			{				
+			if((dp  = opendir(path.c_str())) == NULL) 
+			{
 				return list;
 			}
 
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ namespace cv
 		return list;
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}