diff --git a/openstackclient/identity/v3/service_provider.py b/openstackclient/identity/v3/service_provider.py
index e3a22ebb1a..8b433b4d66 100644
--- a/openstackclient/identity/v3/service_provider.py
+++ b/openstackclient/identity/v3/service_provider.py
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ class ShowServiceProvider(command.ShowOne):
         service_client = self.app.client_manager.identity
         service_provider = utils.find_resource(
             service_client.federation.service_providers,
-            parsed_args.service_provider)
+            parsed_args.service_provider,
+            id=parsed_args.service_provider)
 
         service_provider._info.pop('links', None)
         return zip(*sorted(six.iteritems(service_provider._info)))
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_service_provider.py b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_service_provider.py
index 80d60c5a4e..99ea1f75ce 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_service_provider.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_service_provider.py
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ class TestServiceProviderShow(TestServiceProvider):
 
         self.service_providers_mock.get.assert_called_with(
             service_fakes.sp_id,
+            id='BETA'
         )
 
         collist = ('auth_url', 'description', 'enabled', 'id', 'sp_url')