diff --git a/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp b/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp
index 04d343a136..cb14aa92b1 100644
--- a/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp
@@ -688,6 +688,24 @@ OCL_PERF_TEST_P(PowFixture, Pow, ::testing::Combine(
     SANITY_CHECK(dst, 1.5e-6, ERROR_RELATIVE);
 }
 
+///////////// iPow ////////////////////////
+OCL_PERF_TEST_P(PowFixture, iPow, ::testing::Combine(
+                OCL_TEST_SIZES, OCL_PERF_ENUM(CV_8UC1, CV_8SC1,CV_16UC1,CV_16SC1,CV_32SC1)))
+{
+    const Size_MatType_t params = GetParam();
+    const Size srcSize = get<0>(params);
+    const int type = get<1>(params);
+
+    checkDeviceMaxMemoryAllocSize(srcSize, type);
+
+    UMat src(srcSize, type), dst(srcSize, type);
+    randu(src, 0, 100);
+    declare.in(src).out(dst);
+
+    OCL_TEST_CYCLE() cv::pow(src, 7.0, dst);
+
+    SANITY_CHECK_NOTHING();
+}
 ///////////// AddWeighted////////////////////////
 
 typedef Size_MatType AddWeightedFixture;
diff --git a/modules/core/src/mathfuncs.cpp b/modules/core/src/mathfuncs.cpp
index 764d2d9b03..e1906fcc8f 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/mathfuncs.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/mathfuncs.cpp
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ struct iPow_SIMD
 #if (CV_SIMD || CV_SIMD_SCALABLE)
 
 template <>
-struct iPow_SIMD<uchar, int>
+struct iPow_SIMD<uchar, unsigned>
 {
     int operator() ( const uchar * src, uchar * dst, int len, int power )
     {
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ struct iPow_SIMD<schar, int>
 };
 
 template <>
-struct iPow_SIMD<ushort, int>
+struct iPow_SIMD<ushort, unsigned>
 {
     int operator() ( const ushort * src, ushort * dst, int len, int power)
     {