diff --git a/modules/line_descriptor/src/LSDDetector.cpp b/modules/line_descriptor/src/LSDDetector.cpp
index de4e784f8..c511ef651 100644
--- a/modules/line_descriptor/src/LSDDetector.cpp
+++ b/modules/line_descriptor/src/LSDDetector.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ inline void checkLineExtremes( cv::Vec4f& extremes, cv::Size imageSize )
 void LSDDetector::detect( const Mat& image, CV_OUT std::vector<KeyLine>& keylines, int scale, int numOctaves, const Mat& mask )
 {
   if( mask.data != NULL && ( mask.size() != image.size() || mask.type() != CV_8UC1 ) )
-    throw std::runtime_error( "Mask error while detecting lines: please check its dimensions and that data type is CV_8UC1" );
+    CV_Error( Error::StsBadArg, "Mask error while detecting lines: please check its dimensions and that data type is CV_8UC1" );
 
   else
     detectImpl( image, keylines, numOctaves, scale, mask );
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void LSDDetector::detect( const std::vector<Mat>& images, std::vector<std::vecto
   for ( size_t counter = 0; counter < images.size(); counter++ )
   {
     if( masks[counter].data != NULL && ( masks[counter].size() != images[counter].size() || masks[counter].type() != CV_8UC1 ) )
-      throw std::runtime_error( "Masks error while detecting lines: please check their dimensions and that data types are CV_8UC1" );
+      CV_Error( Error::StsBadArg, "Masks error while detecting lines: please check their dimensions and that data types are CV_8UC1" );
 
     else
       detectImpl( images[counter], keylines[counter], numOctaves, scale, masks[counter] );
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void LSDDetector::detectImpl( const Mat& imageSrc, std::vector<KeyLine>& keyline
 
   /*check whether image depth is different from 0 */
   if( image.depth() != 0 )
-    throw std::runtime_error( "Error, depth image!= 0" );
+    CV_Error( Error::BadDepth, "Error, depth image!= 0" );
 
   /* create a pointer to self */
   LSDDetector *lsd = const_cast<LSDDetector*>( this );
diff --git a/modules/line_descriptor/src/binary_descriptor.cpp b/modules/line_descriptor/src/binary_descriptor.cpp
index 903d108d8..dfa2178be 100644
--- a/modules/line_descriptor/src/binary_descriptor.cpp
+++ b/modules/line_descriptor/src/binary_descriptor.cpp
@@ -338,11 +338,11 @@ int BinaryDescriptor::descriptorSize() const
 static inline int get2Pow( int i )
 {
   if( i >= 0 && i <= 7 )
-    return (int) pow( 2, (double) i );
-
+    return 1 << i;
   else
   {
-    throw std::runtime_error( "Invalid power argument" );
+    CV_Error( Error::StsBadArg, "Invalid power argument" );
+    return -1;
   }
 }
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ void BinaryDescriptor::detect( const Mat& image, CV_OUT std::vector<KeyLine>& ke
   }
 
   if( mask.data != NULL && ( mask.size() != image.size() || mask.type() != CV_8UC1 ) )
-  throw std::runtime_error( "Mask error while detecting lines: please check its dimensions and that data type is CV_8UC1" );
+    CV_Error( Error::StsBadArg, "Mask error while detecting lines: please check its dimensions and that data type is CV_8UC1" );
 
   else
   detectImpl( image, keylines, mask );
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ void BinaryDescriptor::detect( const std::vector<Mat>& images, std::vector<std::
   for ( size_t counter = 0; counter < images.size(); counter++ )
   {
     if( masks[counter].data != NULL && ( masks[counter].size() != images[counter].size() || masks[counter].type() != CV_8UC1 ) )
-      throw std::runtime_error( "Masks error while detecting lines: please check their dimensions and that data types are CV_8UC1" );
+      CV_Error( Error::StsBadArg, "Mask error while detecting lines: please check its dimensions and that data type is CV_8UC1" );
 
     else
       detectImpl( images[counter], keylines[counter], masks[counter] );
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ void BinaryDescriptor::detectImpl( const Mat& imageSrc, std::vector<KeyLine>& ke
 
   /*check whether image depth is different from 0 */
   if( image.depth() != 0 )
-    throw std::runtime_error( "Warning, depth image!= 0" );
+    CV_Error( Error::BadDepth, "Warning, depth image!= 0" );
 
   /* create a pointer to self */
   BinaryDescriptor *bn = const_cast<BinaryDescriptor*>( this );
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ void BinaryDescriptor::computeImpl( const Mat& imageSrc, std::vector<KeyLine>& k
 
   /*check whether image's depth is different from 0 */
   if( image.depth() != 0 )
-    throw std::runtime_error( "Error, depth of image != 0" );
+    CV_Error( Error::BadDepth, "Error, depth of image != 0" );
 
   /* keypoints list can't be empty */
   if( keylines.size() == 0 )