diff --git a/modules/core/perf/perf_stat.cpp b/modules/core/perf/perf_stat.cpp
index 266a99071b..58718f911b 100644
--- a/modules/core/perf/perf_stat.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/perf/perf_stat.cpp
@@ -345,7 +345,9 @@ PERF_TEST_P( Size_MatType, countNonZero, TYPICAL_MATS_C1 )
 /*
 // void minMaxLoc(InputArray src, double* minVal, double* maxVal=0, Point* minLoc=0, Point* maxLoc=0, InputArray mask=noArray())
 */
-PERF_TEST_P( Size_MatType, minMaxLoc, TYPICAL_MATS_C1 )
+PERF_TEST_P( Size_MatType, minMaxLoc, testing::Combine(
+                 testing::Values( TYPICAL_MAT_SIZES ),
+                 testing::Values( CV_8UC1, CV_8SC1, CV_16UC1, CV_16SC1, CV_32SC1,  CV_32FC1, CV_64FC1 ) ) )
 {
     Size sz = std::tr1::get<0>(GetParam());
     int matType = std::tr1::get<1>(GetParam());
@@ -354,7 +356,15 @@ PERF_TEST_P( Size_MatType, minMaxLoc, TYPICAL_MATS_C1 )
     double minVal, maxVal;
     Point minLoc, maxLoc;
 
-    declare.in(src, WARMUP_RNG);
+    // avoid early exit on 1 byte data
+    if (matType == CV_8U)
+        randu(src, 1, 254);
+    else if (matType == CV_8S)
+        randu(src, -127, 126);
+    else
+        warmup(src, WARMUP_RNG);
+
+    declare.in(src);
     
     TEST_CYCLE(100) { minMaxLoc(src, &minVal, &maxVal, &minLoc, &maxLoc);  }
     
diff --git a/modules/core/src/stat.cpp b/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
index 307a68b250..6188d2e8b9 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
@@ -702,12 +702,21 @@ static void minMaxIdx_64f(const double* src, const uchar* mask, double* minval,
     
 typedef void (*MinMaxIdxFunc)(const uchar*, const uchar*, int*, int*, size_t*, size_t*, int, size_t);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_TEGRA_OPTIMIZATION
+static MinMaxIdxFunc minmaxTab[] =
+{
+    (MinMaxIdxFunc)tegra::minMaxIdx_8u, (MinMaxIdxFunc)tegra::minMaxIdx_8s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)tegra::minMaxIdx_16u,
+    (MinMaxIdxFunc)tegra::minMaxIdx_16s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)tegra::minMaxIdx_32s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)tegra::minMaxIdx_32f,
+    (MinMaxIdxFunc)tegra::minMaxIdx_64f, 0
+};
+#else
 static MinMaxIdxFunc minmaxTab[] =
 {
     (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_8u, (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_8s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_16u,
-    (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_16s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_32s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_32f, 
+    (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_16s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_32s, (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_32f,
     (MinMaxIdxFunc)minMaxIdx_64f, 0
 };
+#endif
     
 static void ofs2idx(const Mat& a, size_t ofs, int* idx)
 {