diff --git a/includes/class-wc-shortcodes.php b/includes/class-wc-shortcodes.php
index e311645af22..8b01ea1a55a 100644
--- a/includes/class-wc-shortcodes.php
+++ b/includes/class-wc-shortcodes.php
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ class WC_Shortcodes {
 		if ( ! empty( $atts['id'] ) ) {
 			$product_data = get_post( $atts['id'] );
 		} elseif ( ! empty( $atts['sku'] ) ) {
-			$product_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT post_id FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key='_sku' AND meta_value='%s' LIMIT 1", $atts['sku'] ) );
+			$product_id   = wc_get_product_id_by_sku( $atts['sku'] );
 			$product_data = get_post( $product_id );
 		} else {
 			return '';
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ class WC_Shortcodes {
 		if ( isset( $atts['id'] ) ) {
 			$product_data = get_post( $atts['id'] );
 		} elseif ( isset( $atts['sku'] ) ) {
-			$product_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT post_id FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key='_sku' AND meta_value='%s' LIMIT 1", $atts['sku'] ) );
+			$product_id   = wc_get_product_id_by_sku( $atts['sku'] );
 			$product_data = get_post( $product_id );
 		} else {
 			return '';
diff --git a/includes/wc-product-functions.php b/includes/wc-product-functions.php
index ba6dffcd84e..8d39ad6f773 100644
--- a/includes/wc-product-functions.php
+++ b/includes/wc-product-functions.php
@@ -523,3 +523,18 @@ function wc_product_has_unique_sku( $product_id, $sku ) {
 		return true;
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get product ID by SKU.
+ *
+ * @since  2.3.0
+ * @param  string $sku
+ * @return int
+ */
+function wc_get_product_id_by_sku( $sku ) {
+	global $wpdb;
+
+	$product_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT post_id FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE meta_key='_sku' AND meta_value='%s' LIMIT 1", $sku ) );
+
+	return ( $product_id ) ? intval( $product_id ) : 0;
+}