diff --git a/includes/wc-template-functions.php b/includes/wc-template-functions.php
index 442821fa05f..b6f7b781b5f 100644
--- a/includes/wc-template-functions.php
+++ b/includes/wc-template-functions.php
@@ -684,9 +684,10 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'woocommerce_taxonomy_archive_description' ) ) {
 	 */
 	function woocommerce_taxonomy_archive_description() {
 		if ( is_product_taxonomy() && 0 === absint( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ) {
-			$description = wc_format_content( term_description() );
-			if ( $description ) {
-				echo '<div class="term-description">' . $description . '</div>'; // WPCS: XSS ok.
+			$term = get_queried_object();
+
+			if ( $term && ! empty( $term->description ) ) {
+				echo '<div class="term-description">' . wc_format_content( $term->description ) . '</div>'; // WPCS: XSS ok.
 			}
 		}
 	}