diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
index 6ff1eb3da9..a8d704e5b7 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ Matx<_Tp, n, m> Matx<_Tp, m, n>::inv(int method) const
     else
     {
         Mat A(*this, false), B(b, false);
-        ok = (0.0 == invert(A, B, method));
+        ok = (invert(A, B, method) != 0);
     }
     return ok ? b : Matx<_Tp, n, m>::zeros();
 }