diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/histogram.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/histogram.cpp
index 718ac8a0ec..554e59fe6a 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/histogram.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/histogram.cpp
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ double cv::compareHist( InputArray _H1, InputArray _H2, int method )
     double result = 0;
     int j, len = (int)it.size;
 
-    CV_Assert( H1.type() == H2.type() && H1.type() == CV_32F );
+    CV_Assert( H1.type() == H2.type() && H1.depth() == CV_32F );
 
     double s1 = 0, s2 = 0, s11 = 0, s12 = 0, s22 = 0;
 
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ double cv::compareHist( InputArray _H1, InputArray _H2, int method )
     {
         const float* h1 = (const float*)it.planes[0].data;
         const float* h2 = (const float*)it.planes[1].data;
-        len = it.planes[0].rows*it.planes[0].cols;
+        len = it.planes[0].rows*it.planes[0].cols*H1.channels();
 
         if( method == CV_COMP_CHISQR )
         {