diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
index 8ddc16eb1d..45c25900c3 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ template<typename _Tp> inline SparseMat_<_Tp>::SparseMat_(const SparseMat& m)
     if( m.type() == DataType<_Tp>::type )
         *this = (const SparseMat_<_Tp>&)m;
     else
-        m.convertTo(this, DataType<_Tp>::type);
+        m.convertTo(*this, DataType<_Tp>::type);
 }
 
 template<typename _Tp> inline SparseMat_<_Tp>::SparseMat_(const SparseMat_<_Tp>& m)