diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/changelogs/fix-7986-avoid-get_notes-in-CouponPageMoved b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/changelogs/fix-7986-avoid-get_notes-in-CouponPageMoved
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b43515f737c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/changelogs/fix-7986-avoid-get_notes-in-CouponPageMoved
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: minor
+Type: Performance
+
+Avoid expensive get_notes() queries in CouponPageMoved admin_init actions by using new Notes::get_note_by_name() helper method. #8202
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/CouponPageMoved.php b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/CouponPageMoved.php
index dcabd72f0a9..fc7e9cfd1fa 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/CouponPageMoved.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/CouponPageMoved.php
@@ -94,15 +94,13 @@ class CouponPageMoved {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	protected static function has_unactioned_note() {
-		$notes = self::get_data_store()->get_notes(
-			[
-				'name'       => [ self::NOTE_NAME ],
-				'status'     => [ 'unactioned' ],
-				'is_deleted' => false,
-			]
-		);
+		$note = Notes::get_note_by_name( self::NOTE_NAME );
 
-		return ! empty( $notes );
+		if ( ! $note ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return $note->get_status() === 'unactioned';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -111,14 +109,13 @@ class CouponPageMoved {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	protected static function has_dismissed_note() {
-		$notes = self::get_data_store()->get_notes(
-			[
-				'name'       => [ self::NOTE_NAME ],
-				'is_deleted' => true,
-			]
-		);
+		$note = Notes::get_note_by_name( self::NOTE_NAME );
 
-		return ! empty( $notes );
+		if ( ! $note ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return ! $note->get_is_deleted();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/Notes.php b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/Notes.php
index 1de4b243812..9fbe943580d 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/Notes.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/src/Notes/Notes.php
@@ -82,6 +82,26 @@ class Notes {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get admin note using its name.
+	 *
+	 * This is a shortcut for the common pattern of looking up note ids by name and then passing the first id to get_note().
+	 * It will behave unpredictably when more than one note with the given name exists.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $note_name Note name.
+	 * @return Note|bool
+	 **/
+	public static function get_note_by_name( $note_name ) {
+		$data_store = self::load_data_store();
+		$note_ids   = $data_store->get_notes_with_name( $note_name );
+
+		if ( empty( $note_ids ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return self::get_note( $note_ids[0] );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the total number of notes
 	 *
@@ -296,15 +316,12 @@ class Notes {
 	 * @return string|bool The note status.
 	 */
 	public static function get_note_status( $note_name ) {
-		$data_store = self::load_data_store();
-		$note_ids   = $data_store->get_notes_with_name( $note_name );
+		$note = self::get_note_by_name( $note_name );
 
-		if ( empty( $note_ids ) ) {
+		if ( ! $note ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$note = self::get_note( $note_ids[0] );
-
 		return $note->get_status();
 	}