diff --git a/web/apps/accounts/src/pages/passkeys/verify.tsx b/web/apps/accounts/src/pages/passkeys/verify.tsx
index 0953277d55..a7694e57a2 100644
--- a/web/apps/accounts/src/pages/passkeys/verify.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/accounts/src/pages/passkeys/verify.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { setClientPackageForAuthenticatedRequests } from "@/next/http";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import type { TwoFactorAuthorizationResponse } from "@/next/types/credentials";
-import { ensure } from "@/utils/ensure";
 import { nullToUndefined } from "@/utils/transform";
 import { VerticallyCentered } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import EnteButton from "@ente/shared/components/EnteButton";
@@ -129,10 +128,13 @@ const Page = () => {
 
     const handleRecover = () => {
         const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
-        const redirect = nullToUndefined(searchParams.get("redirect"));
-        const redirectURL = new URL(ensure(redirect));
+        const recover = nullToUndefined(searchParams.get("recover"));
+        if (!recover) {
+            log.error("No recover URL was provided");
+            return;
+        }
 
-        redirectToPasskeyRecoverPage(redirectURL);
+        redirectToPasskeyRecoverPage(new URL(recover));
     };
 
     const components: Record<Status, React.ReactNode> = {
diff --git a/web/apps/accounts/src/services/passkey.ts b/web/apps/accounts/src/services/passkey.ts
index b8951def3a..58adaaa0e1 100644
--- a/web/apps/accounts/src/services/passkey.ts
+++ b/web/apps/accounts/src/services/passkey.ts
@@ -534,20 +534,17 @@ export const redirectAfterPasskeyAuthentication = async (
 };
 
 /**
- * Redirect back to the calling app that initiated the passkey authentication,
- * navigating the user to a page where they can reset their second factor using
+ * Redirect back to the app that initiated the passkey authentication,
+ * navigating the user to a place where they can reset their second factor using
  * their recovery key (e.g. if they have lost access to their passkey).
  *
  * The same considerations mentioned in [Note: Finish passkey flow in the
  * requesting app] apply to recovery too, which is why we need to redirect back
  * to the app on whose behalf we're authenticating.
  *
- * @param redirectURL The URL we were meant to redirect to after successful
- * passkey authentication. Provided as a calling app as a query parameter.
+ * @param recoverURL The recovery URL provided as a query parameter by the app
+ * that called us.
  */
-export const redirectToPasskeyRecoverPage = (redirectURL: URL) => {
-    // Extract the origin from the given `redirectURL`, and redirect to the
-    // `/passkeys/recover` page on that origin.
-
-    window.location.href = `${redirectURL.origin}/passkeys/recover`;
+export const redirectToPasskeyRecoverPage = (recoverURL: URL) => {
+    window.location.href = recoverURL.href;
 };
diff --git a/web/packages/accounts/services/passkey.ts b/web/packages/accounts/services/passkey.ts
index 6b98f75a37..32884c358f 100644
--- a/web/packages/accounts/services/passkey.ts
+++ b/web/packages/accounts/services/passkey.ts
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ export const redirectUserToPasskeyVerificationFlow = (
     passkeySessionID: string,
 ) => {
     const clientPackage = clientPackageName[appName];
-    // The returned URL begins with `window.location.origin` and will work both
-    // when we're running in a web browser, and in our desktop / mobile app.
-    // See: [Note: Using deeplinks to navigate in desktop app]
+    // Using `window.location.origin` will work both when we're running in a web
+    // browser, and in our desktop app. See: [Note: Using deeplinks to navigate
+    // in desktop app]
     const redirect = `${window.location.origin}/passkeys/finish`;
+    const recover = `${window.location.origin}/passkeys/recover`;
     const params = new URLSearchParams({
         clientPackage,
         passkeySessionID,
         redirect,
+        recover,
     });
     const url = `${accountsAppURL()}/passkeys/verify?${params.toString()}`;
     // [Note: Passkey verification in the desktop app]