diff --git a/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier.cpp b/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier.cpp
index 90ba21a60c..422b4be7f2 100644
--- a/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier.cpp
+++ b/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void displayState(Mat &canvas, bool bHelp, bool bGpu, bool bLargestFace, bool bF
 
 
 int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
-{	
+{
     if (argc == 1)
     {
         help();
@@ -271,13 +271,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
         displayState(frameDisp, helpScreen, useGPU, findLargestObject, filterRects, fps);
         imshow("result", frameDisp);
 
-        int key = waitKey(5);
+        char key = (char)waitKey(5);
         if (key == 27)
         {
             break;
         }
 
-        switch ((char)key)
+        switch (key)
         {
         case ' ':
             useGPU = !useGPU;
@@ -305,4 +305,4 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     }
 
     return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}