diff --git a/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py b/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py
index 276a7f576..39f440f4f 100644
--- a/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py
+++ b/openstackclient/identity/v3/identity_provider.py
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ class ShowIdentityProvider(command.ShowOne):
         identity_client = self.app.client_manager.identity
         idp = utils.find_resource(
             identity_client.federation.identity_providers,
-            parsed_args.identity_provider)
+            parsed_args.identity_provider,
+            id=parsed_args.identity_provider)
 
         idp._info.pop('links', None)
         remote_ids = utils.format_list(idp._info.pop('remote_ids', []))
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py
index 465e79bad..3ff798125 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/identity/v3/test_identity_provider.py
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ class TestIdentityProviderShow(TestIdentityProvider):
 
         self.identity_providers_mock.get.assert_called_with(
             identity_fakes.idp_id,
+            id='test_idp'
         )
 
         collist = ('description', 'enabled', 'id', 'remote_ids')