diff --git a/ngraph/core/reference/include/ngraph/runtime/reference/reduce_l1.hpp b/ngraph/core/reference/include/ngraph/runtime/reference/reduce_l1.hpp
index 21bc8c526a3..336dd507f83 100644
--- a/ngraph/core/reference/include/ngraph/runtime/reference/reduce_l1.hpp
+++ b/ngraph/core/reference/include/ngraph/runtime/reference/reduce_l1.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace ngraph
                     size_t output_index = output_transform.index(output_coord);
 
                     out[output_index] =
-                        out[output_index] + abs(arg[input_transform.index(input_coord)]);
+                        out[output_index] + std::abs(arg[input_transform.index(input_coord)]);
                 }
             }
         }