diff --git a/modules/stitching/src/matchers.cpp b/modules/stitching/src/matchers.cpp
index ac29d7ca2b..a0cb13203d 100644
--- a/modules/stitching/src/matchers.cpp
+++ b/modules/stitching/src/matchers.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void GpuMatcher::match(const ImageFeatures &features1, const ImageFeatures &feat
     descriptors1_.upload(features1.descriptors);
     descriptors2_.upload(features2.descriptors);
 
-    BFMatcher_GPU matcher(NORM_L2);
+    BFMatcher_GPU matcher(NORM_L1);
     MatchesSet matches;
 
     // Find 1->2 matches