diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/window_cocoa.mm b/modules/highgui/src/window_cocoa.mm
index e9cf5a3c1b..ef3f828cf8 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/window_cocoa.mm
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/window_cocoa.mm
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ static NSSize constrainAspectRatio(NSSize base, NSSize constraint) {
     (void)notification;
     int pos = [slider intValue];
     NSString *temp = [self initialName];
-    NSString *text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %d", temp, *value];
+    NSString *text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %d", temp, pos];
     [name setStringValue: text];
     if(value)
         *value = pos;