diff --git a/src/mongo/util/lru_cache.h b/src/mongo/util/lru_cache.h
index 5feea1a0bc3..b59f66e262d 100644
--- a/src/mongo/util/lru_cache.h
+++ b/src/mongo/util/lru_cache.h
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@ public:
      */
     const_iterator cfind(const K& key) const {
         auto it = this->_map.find(key);
-        return (it == this->_map.end()) ? this->end() : it->second;
+        // TODO(SERVER-28890): Remove the function-style cast when MSVC's
+        // `std::list< ... >::iterator` implementation doesn't conflict with their `/Zc:ternary`
+        // flag support .
+        return (it == this->_map.end()) ? this->end() : const_iterator(it->second);
     }
 
     /**