diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_form_controller.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_form_controller.cpp
index 3c3b6b81e6..28fe296c77 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_form_controller.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_form_controller.cpp
@@ -995,12 +995,17 @@ void FormController::recoverPassword() {
 			.hasRecovery = _password.hasRecovery,
 			.pendingResetDate = _password.pendingResetDate,
 		};
+
+		// MSVC x64 (non-LTO) Release build fails with a linker error:
+		// - unresolved external variant::variant(variant const &)
+		// It looks like a MSVC bug and this works like a workaround.
+		const auto force = fields.mtp.newSecureSecretAlgo;
+
 		const auto box = _view->show(Box<RecoverBox>(
 			&_controller->session().mtp(),
 			&_controller->session(),
 			pattern,
 			fields));
-
 		box->newPasswordSet(
 		) | rpl::start_with_next([=](const QByteArray &password) {
 			if (password.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_panel_controller.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_panel_controller.cpp
index f5f2586557..d4b96b3c6f 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_panel_controller.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/passport/passport_panel_controller.cpp
@@ -690,6 +690,12 @@ void PanelController::setupPassword() {
 		.hasRecovery = settings.hasRecovery,
 		.pendingResetDate = settings.pendingResetDate,
 	};
+
+	// MSVC x64 (non-LTO) Release build fails with a linker error:
+	// - unresolved external variant::variant(variant const &)
+	// It looks like a MSVC bug and this works like a workaround.
+	const auto force = fields.mtp.newSecureSecretAlgo;
+
 	auto box = show(Box<PasscodeBox>(&_form->window()->session(), fields));
 	box->newPasswordSet(
 	) | rpl::start_with_next([=](const QByteArray &password) {