diff --git a/modules/3d/src/ptcloud/sampling.cpp b/modules/3d/src/ptcloud/sampling.cpp
index eee25f6d4c..2ee1fa2167 100644
--- a/modules/3d/src/ptcloud/sampling.cpp
+++ b/modules/3d/src/ptcloud/sampling.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ randomSampling(OutputArray sampled_pts, InputArray input_pts, const int sampled_
     for (int i = 0; i < ori_pts_size; ++i) pts_idxs[i] = i;
     randShuffle(pts_idxs, 1, rng);
 
-    int channels = input_pts.channels();
+    int channels = sampled_pts.channels();
     if (channels == 3 && sampled_pts.isVector())
     {
         // std::vector<cv::Point3f>
@@ -365,4 +365,4 @@ int farthestPointSampling(OutputArray sampled_point_flags, InputArray input_pts,
 } // farthestPointSampling()
 
 //! @} _3d
-} //end namespace cv
\ No newline at end of file
+} //end namespace cv