diff --git a/modules/ml/misc/java/test/MLTest.java b/modules/ml/misc/java/test/MLTest.java
index 2b08543a84..504805dffa 100644
--- a/modules/ml/misc/java/test/MLTest.java
+++ b/modules/ml/misc/java/test/MLTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class MLTest extends OpenCVTestCase {
         String filename = OpenCVTestRunner.getTempFileName("yml");
         saved.save(filename);
         SVM loaded = SVM.load(filename);
-        assertTrue(saved.isTrained());
+        assertTrue(loaded.isTrained());
     }
 
 }