diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake
index 76b3e2849d..8846e6b97b 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectCUDA.cmake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(CUDA_FOUND)
   set(HAVE_CUDA 1)
-  if(CUDA_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "11.0")
+  if(NOT CUDA_VERSION VERSION_LESS 11.0)
     # CUDA 11.0 removes nppicom
     ocv_list_filterout(CUDA_nppi_LIBRARY "nppicom")
     ocv_list_filterout(CUDA_npp_LIBRARY "nppicom")