diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
index ff4a8cd72f5..2f66ef15806 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/msvctoolchain.cpp
@@ -913,7 +913,8 @@ ToolChain::MacroInspectionRunner MsvcToolChain::createMacroInspectionRunner() co
 
         const Macros macros = msvcPredefinedMacros(filteredFlags, env);
 
-        const auto report = MacroInspectionReport{macros, languageVersion(lang, macros)};
+        const auto report = MacroInspectionReport{macros,
+                                                  msvcLanguageVersion(filteredFlags, lang, macros)};
         macroCache->insert(filteredFlags, report);
 
         return report;