diff --git a/includes/class-wc-customer.php b/includes/class-wc-customer.php
index 28bf919ed1d..6b2df5d8f02 100644
--- a/includes/class-wc-customer.php
+++ b/includes/class-wc-customer.php
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ class WC_Customer extends WC_Legacy_Customer {
 
 		// If we have an ID, load the user from the DB.
 		if ( $this->get_id() ) {
-			$this->data_store->read( $this );
+			try {
+				$this->data_store->read( $this );
+			} catch ( Exception $e ) {
+				$this->set_id( 0 );
+				$this->set_object_read( true );
+			}
 		} else {
 			$this->set_object_read( true );
 		}
diff --git a/includes/data-stores/class-wc-customer-data-store.php b/includes/data-stores/class-wc-customer-data-store.php
index 8471f22b7fa..09e50fea532 100644
--- a/includes/data-stores/class-wc-customer-data-store.php
+++ b/includes/data-stores/class-wc-customer-data-store.php
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class WC_Customer_Data_Store extends WC_Data_Store_WP implements WC_Customer_Dat
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.7.0
 	 * @param WC_Customer
+	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public function read( &$customer ) {
 		global $wpdb;