diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/spatialgradient.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/spatialgradient.cpp
index fee4ab270b72e43eb37d74f90aea02b31b5c0e2b..df88a7b1bf996111be627ac8134a638e82aa639c 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/spatialgradient.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/spatialgradient.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void spatialGradient( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dx, OutputArray _dy,
 
     int i_start = 0;
     int j_start = 0;
-#if CV_SIMD128
+#if CV_SIMD128 && CV_SSE2
     uchar *m_src;
     short *n_dx, *n_dy;