diff --git a/samples/dnn/fast_neural_style.py b/samples/dnn/fast_neural_style.py
index 22b8217b3a..43b8b121d6 100644
--- a/samples/dnn/fast_neural_style.py
+++ b/samples/dnn/fast_neural_style.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--height', default=-1, type=int, help='Resize input to spec
 parser.add_argument('--median_filter', default=0, type=int, help='Kernel size of postprocessing blurring.')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-net = cv.dnn.readNetFromONNX(cv.samples.findFile(args.model))
+net = cv.dnn.readNet(cv.samples.findFile(args.model))
 net.setPreferableBackend(cv.dnn.DNN_BACKEND_OPENCV)
 
 if args.input: