diff --git a/modules/legacy/src/features2d.cpp b/modules/legacy/src/features2d.cpp
index 5a6659d905..93ab461c04 100644
--- a/modules/legacy/src/features2d.cpp
+++ b/modules/legacy/src/features2d.cpp
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@
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@@ -71,26 +71,26 @@ cvExtractSURF( const CvArr* _img, const CvArr* _mask,
         mask = cvarrToMat(_mask);
     vector<KeyPoint> kpt;
     Mat descr;
-    
+
     Ptr<Feature2D> surf = Algorithm::create<Feature2D>("Feature2D.SURF");
     if( surf.empty() )
         CV_Error(CV_StsNotImplemented, "OpenCV was built without SURF support");
-    
+
     surf->set("hessianThreshold", params.hessianThreshold);
     surf->set("nOctaves", params.nOctaves);
     surf->set("nOctaveLayers", params.nOctaveLayers);
     surf->set("upright", params.upright != 0);
     surf->set("extended", params.extended != 0);
-    
+
     surf->operator()(img, mask, kpt, _descriptors ? _OutputArray(descr) : noArray(),
                      useProvidedKeyPts != 0);
-    
+
     if( _keypoints )
         *_keypoints = cvCreateSeq(0, sizeof(CvSeq), sizeof(CvSURFPoint), storage);
-    
+
     if( _descriptors )
-        *_descriptors = cvCreateSeq(0, sizeof(CvSeq), descr.cols*descr.elemSize(), storage);
-    
+        *_descriptors = cvCreateSeq(0, sizeof(CvSeq), surf->descriptorSize() * CV_ELEM_SIZE(surf->descriptorType()), storage);
+
     for( size_t i = 0; i < kpt.size(); i++ )
     {
         if( _keypoints )
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ cvGetStarKeypoints( const CvArr* _img, CvMemStorage* storage,
                                               params.suppressNonmaxSize);
     vector<KeyPoint> kpts;
     star->detect(cvarrToMat(_img), kpts, Mat());
-    
+
     CvSeq* seq = cvCreateSeq(0, sizeof(CvSeq), sizeof(CvStarKeypoint), storage);
     for( size_t i = 0; i < kpts.size(); i++ )
     {