diff --git a/troveclient/tests/test_base.py b/troveclient/tests/test_base.py
index e3e89707..bc409c26 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/test_base.py
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ class FindResourceTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
         output = utils.find_resource(self.manager, 'entity_three')
         self.assertEqual(self.manager.get('4242'), output)
 
+    def test_find_by_int_name(self):
+        output = utils.find_resource(self.manager, 9876)
+        self.assertEqual(self.manager.get('5678'), output)
+
 
 class ResourceTest(testtools.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/troveclient/utils.py b/troveclient/utils.py
index f4db7420..28096a75 100644
--- a/troveclient/utils.py
+++ b/troveclient/utils.py
@@ -214,10 +214,12 @@ def find_resource(manager, name_or_id):
     """Helper for the _find_* methods."""
     # first try to get entity as integer id
 
-    # if the 'id' starts with '0' don't treat it as an int
-    if isinstance(name_or_id, int) or (
-            name_or_id.isdigit() and not name_or_id.startswith('0')):
-        name_or_id = int(name_or_id)
+    # When the 'name_or_id' is int, covert it to string.
+    # Reason is that manager cannot find instance when name_or_id
+    # is integer and instance name is digital.
+    # Related to bug/1740015.
+    if isinstance(name_or_id, int):
+        name_or_id = six.text_type(name_or_id)
     elif sys.version_info <= (3, 0):
         name_or_id = encodeutils.safe_decode(name_or_id)