diff --git a/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.cpp b/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.cpp
index 6fecff6b8cf..d73e04eb180 100644
--- a/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.cpp
+++ b/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.cpp
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_NVCUVID
 
-RawPacket::RawPacket(const unsigned char* _data, const size_t _size, const bool _containsKeyFrame) : size(_size), containsKeyFrame(_containsKeyFrame) {
-    data = cv::makePtr<unsigned char*>(new unsigned char[size]);
-    memcpy(*data, _data, size);
-};
+RawPacket::RawPacket(const unsigned char* data_, const size_t size, const bool containsKeyFrame_) :
+    data(data_,data_ + size), containsKeyFrame(containsKeyFrame_) {};
 
 cv::cudacodec::detail::FrameQueue::~FrameQueue() {
     if (isFrameInUse_)
diff --git a/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.hpp b/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.hpp
index b6e0b06bccf..840b23c5dde 100644
--- a/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.hpp
+++ b/modules/cudacodec/src/frame_queue.hpp
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@
 class RawPacket {
 public:
     RawPacket(const unsigned char* _data, const size_t _size = 0, const bool _containsKeyFrame = false);
-    unsigned char* Data() const { return *data; }
-    size_t size;
-    bool containsKeyFrame;
+    const unsigned char* Data() const noexcept { return data.data(); }
+    size_t Size() const noexcept  { return data.size(); }
+    bool ContainsKeyFrame() const noexcept  { return containsKeyFrame; }
 private:
-    cv::Ptr<unsigned char*> data = 0;
+    std::vector<unsigned char> data;
+    bool containsKeyFrame = false;
 };
 
 namespace cv { namespace cudacodec { namespace detail {
diff --git a/modules/cudacodec/src/video_reader.cpp b/modules/cudacodec/src/video_reader.cpp
index 903defaf379..f321ed4f188 100644
--- a/modules/cudacodec/src/video_reader.cpp
+++ b/modules/cudacodec/src/video_reader.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ namespace
             if (idx >= rawPacketsBaseIdx && idx < rawPacketsBaseIdx + rawPackets.size()) {
                 if (!frame.isMat())
                     CV_Error(Error::StsUnsupportedFormat, "Raw data is stored on the host and must be retrieved using a cv::Mat");
-                Mat tmp(1, rawPackets.at(idx - rawPacketsBaseIdx).size, CV_8UC1, rawPackets.at(idx - rawPacketsBaseIdx).Data(), rawPackets.at(idx - rawPacketsBaseIdx).size);
+                const size_t i = idx - rawPacketsBaseIdx;
+                Mat tmp(1, rawPackets.at(i).Size(), CV_8UC1, const_cast<unsigned char*>(rawPackets.at(i).Data()), rawPackets.at(i).Size());
                 frame.getMatRef() = tmp;
             }
         }
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ namespace
         case VideoReaderProps::PROP_LRF_HAS_KEY_FRAME: {
             const int iPacket = propertyVal - rawPacketsBaseIdx;
             if (videoSource_->RawModeEnabled() && iPacket >= 0 && iPacket < rawPackets.size()) {
-                propertyVal = rawPackets.at(iPacket).containsKeyFrame;
+                propertyVal = rawPackets.at(iPacket).ContainsKeyFrame();
                 return true;
             }
             else