diff --git a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/dist.h b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/dist.h
index 0670122c16..4246a3dffc 100644
--- a/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/dist.h
+++ b/modules/flann/include/opencv2/flann/dist.h
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ struct Hamming
             result = vgetq_lane_s32 (vreinterpretq_s32_u64(bitSet2),0);
             result += vgetq_lane_s32 (vreinterpretq_s32_u64(bitSet2),2);
         }
-#elif __GNUC__
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
         {
             //for portability just use unsigned long -- and use the __builtin_popcountll (see docs for __builtin_popcountll)
             typedef unsigned long long pop_t;