diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/deriv.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/deriv.cpp
index b69656a74d9f204e59cf35dce22aa438c8e2f5b5..dacc23d2e86071f91bb5be35435b7719485e103a 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/deriv.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/deriv.cpp
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ void cv::Laplacian( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, int ddepth, int ksize,
         Mat src = _src.getMat(), dst = _dst.getMat();
         int y = fx->start(src), dsty = 0, dy = 0;
         fy->start(src);
-        const uchar* sptr = src.ptr(y);
+        const uchar* sptr = src.ptr() + src.step[0] * y;
 
         int dy0 = std::min(std::max((int)(STRIPE_SIZE/(CV_ELEM_SIZE(stype)*src.cols)), 1), src.rows);
         Mat d2x( dy0 + kd.rows - 1, src.cols, wtype );