diff --git a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
index 1e68cd49b05756d38375ed5c3880b8222e556e38..fa88dadb8cc6b088dc2b16efc421236e8d68e505 100644
--- a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
+++ b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
@@ -475,9 +475,16 @@ CV_EXPORTS void PrintTo(const Size& sz, ::std::ostream* os);
     INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(/*none*/, fixture##_##name, params);\
     void fixture##_##name::PerfTestBody()
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1400)
+#define CV_PERF_TEST_MAIN_INTERNALS_ARGS(...)	\
+    while (++argc >= (--argc,-1)) {__VA_ARGS__; break;} /*this ugly construction is needed for VS 2005*/
+#else
+#define CV_PERF_TEST_MAIN_INTERNALS_ARGS(...)	\
+    __VA_ARGS__;
+#endif
 
-#define CV_PERF_TEST_MAIN_INTERNALS(modulename, impls, ...) \
-    while (++argc >= (--argc,-1)) {__VA_ARGS__; break;} /*this ugly construction is needed for VS 2005*/\
+#define CV_PERF_TEST_MAIN_INTERNALS(modulename, impls, ...)	\
+    CV_PERF_TEST_MAIN_INTERNALS_ARGS(__VA_ARGS__) \
     ::perf::Regression::Init(#modulename);\
     ::perf::TestBase::Init(std::vector<std::string>(impls, impls + sizeof impls / sizeof *impls),\
                            argc, argv);\