diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/distransform.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/distransform.cpp
index b4c6ad6486..a2c5a0d5fd 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/distransform.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/distransform.cpp
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ void cv::distanceTransform( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, OutputArray _labe
     {
         if( maskSize == CV_DIST_MASK_3 )
         {
-#if defined (HAVE_IPP) && (IPP_VERSION_X100 >= 700)
+#if defined (HAVE_IPP) && (IPP_VERSION_X100 >= 700) && 0  // disabled: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/15904
             CV_IPP_CHECK()
             {
                 IppiSize roi = { src.cols, src.rows };