diff --git a/compiler/liftdestructors.nim b/compiler/liftdestructors.nim
index 350b4cc255520..0e3518c5f8713 100644
--- a/compiler/liftdestructors.nim
+++ b/compiler/liftdestructors.nim
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ template asink*(t: PType): PSym = getAttachedOp(c.g, t, attachedSink)
 
 proc fillBody(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode)
 proc produceSym(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
-              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym
+              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDistinct = false): PSym
 
 proc createTypeBoundOps*(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; orig: PType; info: TLineInfo;
                          idgen: IdGenerator)
@@ -1051,7 +1051,9 @@ proc produceSymDistinctType(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType;
   assert typ.kind == tyDistinct
   let baseType = typ.elementType
   if getAttachedOp(g, baseType, kind) == nil:
-    discard produceSym(g, c, baseType, kind, info, idgen)
+    # TODO: fixme `isDistinct` is a fix for #23552; remove it after
+    # `-d:nimPreviewNonVarDestructor` becomes the default
+    discard produceSym(g, c, baseType, kind, info, idgen, isDistinct = true)
   result = getAttachedOp(g, baseType, kind)
   setAttachedOp(g, idgen.module, typ, kind, result)
 
@@ -1090,7 +1092,7 @@ proc symDupPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttache
   incl result.flags, sfGeneratedOp
 
 proc symPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
-              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDiscriminant = false): PSym =
+              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDiscriminant = false; isDistinct = false): PSym =
   if kind == attachedDup:
     return symDupPrototype(g, typ, owner, kind, info, idgen)
 
@@ -1101,7 +1103,7 @@ proc symPrototype(g: ModuleGraph; typ: PType; owner: PSym; kind: TTypeAttachedOp
                    idgen, result, info)
 
   if kind == attachedDestructor and g.config.selectedGC in {gcArc, gcOrc, gcAtomicArc} and
-     ((g.config.isDefined("nimPreviewNonVarDestructor") and not isDiscriminant) or typ.kind in {tyRef, tyString, tySequence}):
+     ((g.config.isDefined("nimPreviewNonVarDestructor") and not isDiscriminant) or (typ.kind in {tyRef, tyString, tySequence} and not isDistinct)):
     dest.typ = typ
   else:
     dest.typ = makeVarType(typ.owner, typ, idgen)
@@ -1143,13 +1145,13 @@ proc genTypeFieldCopy(c: var TLiftCtx; t: PType; body, x, y: PNode) =
   body.add newAsgnStmt(xx, yy)
 
 proc produceSym(g: ModuleGraph; c: PContext; typ: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp;
-              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator): PSym =
+              info: TLineInfo; idgen: IdGenerator; isDistinct = false): PSym =
   if typ.kind == tyDistinct:
     return produceSymDistinctType(g, c, typ, kind, info, idgen)
 
   result = getAttachedOp(g, typ, kind)
   if result == nil:
-    result = symPrototype(g, typ, typ.owner, kind, info, idgen)
+    result = symPrototype(g, typ, typ.owner, kind, info, idgen, isDistinct = isDistinct)
 
   var a = TLiftCtx(info: info, g: g, kind: kind, c: c, asgnForType: typ, idgen: idgen,
                    fn: result)
diff --git a/tests/destructor/tdistinctseq.nim b/tests/destructor/tdistinctseq.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5a2ac5eaddb48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/destructor/tdistinctseq.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+discard """
+  matrix: "-u:nimPreviewNonVarDestructor;"
+"""
+type DistinctSeq* = distinct seq[int]
+
+# `=destroy`(cast[ptr DistinctSeq](0)[])
+var x = @[].DistinctSeq
+`=destroy`(x)