diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp
index 499c19bcb0..cda6cbc4ae 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/private.cuda.hpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ namespace cv { namespace cuda
 
         inline ~NppStreamHandler()
         {
-            cudaStreamSynchronize(oldStream);
+            nppSafeSetStream(nppGetStream(), oldStream);
         }
 
     private: