diff --git a/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_bilateral.cpp b/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_bilateral.cpp
index af565f8a5e5d04a331fe8275f6982820c391e4c8..4ed0c4db6ed5cd39ffe2b138a4bf527117c90f54 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_bilateral.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/perf/perf_bilateral.cpp
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ PERF_TEST_P( TestBilateralFilter, BilateralFilter,
 
     TEST_CYCLE() bilateralFilter(src, dst, d, sigmaColor, sigmaSpace, BORDER_DEFAULT);
 
-    SANITY_CHECK(dst);
+    SANITY_CHECK(dst, .01, ERROR_RELATIVE);
 }