diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/login/views.py
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class LoginView(BaseAppView):
                 secret = form_details['secret_totp']
 
                 user_instance.init_2fa_recovery_codes(persist=True, force=True)
-                user_instance.2fa_secret = secret
+                user_instance.secret_2fa = secret
 
                 Session().commit()
                 raise HTTPFound(self.request.route_path('my_account_configure_2fa', _query={'show-recovery-codes': 1}))