diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake
index 0e1db7fd05..9334735bee 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptimizations.cmake
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ endforeach()
 if(_add_native_flag)
   set(_varname "HAVE_CPU_NATIVE_SUPPORT")
   ocv_check_compiler_flag(CXX "-march=native" "${_varname}" "")
-  if(_varname)
+  if(${_varname})
     set(CPU_BASELINE_FLAGS "${CPU_BASELINE_FLAGS} -march=native")
   else()
     set(_varname "HAVE_CPU_HOST_SUPPORT")
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ if(_add_native_flag)
       set(_flag "-xHost")
     endif()
     ocv_check_compiler_flag(CXX "${_flag}" "${_varname}" "")
-    if(_varname)
-      set(CPU_BASELINE_FLAGS "${CPU_BASELINE_FLAGS} ${flag}")
+    if(${_varname})
+      set(CPU_BASELINE_FLAGS "${CPU_BASELINE_FLAGS} ${_flag}")
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()