diff --git a/modules/photo/src/inpaint.cpp b/modules/photo/src/inpaint.cpp
index 66566ba2e3..14c178e248 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/inpaint.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/inpaint.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ icvTeleaInpaintFMM(const CvMat *f, CvMat *t, CvMat *out, int range, CvPriorityQu
             else if(q==1) {i=ii;   j=jj-1;}
             else if(q==2) {i=ii+1; j=jj;}
             else if(q==3) {i=ii;   j=jj+1;}
-            if ((i<=1)||(j<=1)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
+            if ((i<=0)||(j<=0)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
 
             if (CV_MAT_ELEM(*f,uchar,i,j)==INSIDE) {
                dist = min4(FastMarching_solve(i-1,j,i,j-1,f,t),
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ icvTeleaInpaintFMM(const CvMat *f, CvMat *t, CvMat *out, int range, CvPriorityQu
             else if(q==1) {i=ii;   j=jj-1;}
             else if(q==2) {i=ii+1; j=jj;}
             else if(q==3) {i=ii;   j=jj+1;}
-            if ((i<=1)||(j<=1)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
+            if ((i<=0)||(j<=0)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
 
             if (CV_MAT_ELEM(*f,uchar,i,j)==INSIDE) {
                dist = min4(FastMarching_solve(i-1,j,i,j-1,f,t),
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ icvNSInpaintFMM(const CvMat *f, CvMat *t, CvMat *out, int range, CvPriorityQueue
             else if(q==1) {i=ii;   j=jj-1;}
             else if(q==2) {i=ii+1; j=jj;}
             else if(q==3) {i=ii;   j=jj+1;}
-            if ((i<=1)||(j<=1)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
+            if ((i<=0)||(j<=0)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
 
             if (CV_MAT_ELEM(*f,uchar,i,j)==INSIDE) {
                dist = min4(FastMarching_solve(i-1,j,i,j-1,f,t),
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ icvNSInpaintFMM(const CvMat *f, CvMat *t, CvMat *out, int range, CvPriorityQueue
             else if(q==1) {i=ii;   j=jj-1;}
             else if(q==2) {i=ii+1; j=jj;}
             else if(q==3) {i=ii;   j=jj+1;}
-            if ((i<=1)||(j<=1)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
+            if ((i<=0)||(j<=0)||(i>t->rows-1)||(j>t->cols-1)) continue;
 
             if (CV_MAT_ELEM(*f,uchar,i,j)==INSIDE) {
                dist = min4(FastMarching_solve(i-1,j,i,j-1,f,t),