diff --git a/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp b/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp
index c42ac4567e..5445d26cd7 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/denoising.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void cv::fastNlMeansDenoising( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, std::vector<fl
     Mat dst = _dst.getMat();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TEGRA_OPTIMIZATION
-    if(tegra::fastNlMeansDenoising(src, dst, h, templateWindowSize, searchWindowSize))
+    if(hn == 1 && tegra::fastNlMeansDenoising(src, dst, h[0], templateWindowSize, searchWindowSize))
         return;
 #endif