diff --git a/modules/plot/src/plot.cpp b/modules/plot/src/plot.cpp
index 15ad96f95..d63a09a34 100644
--- a/modules/plot/src/plot.cpp
+++ b/modules/plot/src/plot.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 #include "precomp.hpp"
 
-using namespace cv::plot;
+using namespace cv;
 using namespace std;
 
 //render the plotResult to a Mat