diff --git a/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp b/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp
index fc554987400f27776a3d8fffdeacb023256772da..19a9f762600f28382cf980a90d570b69df063d95 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/test/test_qrcode.cpp
@@ -649,6 +649,26 @@ TEST(Objdetect_QRCode_decodeMulti, check_output_parameters_type_19363)
 #endif
 }
 
+TEST(Objdetect_QRCode_detect, detect_regression_20882)
+{
+    const std::string name_current_image = "qrcode_near_the_end.jpg";
+    const std::string root = "qrcode/";
+
+    std::string image_path = findDataFile(root + name_current_image);
+    Mat src = imread(image_path);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(src.empty()) << "Can't read image: " << image_path;
+
+    QRCodeDetector qrcode;
+    std::vector<Point> corners;
+    Mat straight_barcode;
+    cv::String decoded_info;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(qrcode.detect(src, corners));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(!corners.empty());
+#ifdef HAVE_QUIRC
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(qrcode.decode(src, corners, straight_barcode));
+#endif
+}
+
 TEST(Objdetect_QRCode_basic, not_found_qrcode)
 {
     std::vector<Point> corners;