diff --git a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 660387b632..20db89064b 100644
--- a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -526,8 +526,7 @@ function get_term_by($field, $value, $taxonomy, $output = OBJECT, $filter = 'raw
 		$value = stripslashes($value);
 		$field = 't.name';
 	} else {
-		$field = 't.term_id';
-		$value = (int) $value;
+		return get_term( (int) $value, $taxonomy, $output, $filter);
 	}
 
 	$term = $wpdb->get_row( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM $wpdb->terms AS t INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = %s AND $field = %s LIMIT 1", $taxonomy, $value) );
@@ -536,6 +535,8 @@ function get_term_by($field, $value, $taxonomy, $output = OBJECT, $filter = 'raw
 
 	wp_cache_add($term->term_id, $term, $taxonomy);
 
+	$term = apply_filters('get_term', $term, $taxonomy);
+	$term = apply_filters("get_$taxonomy", $term, $taxonomy);
 	$term = sanitize_term($term, $taxonomy, $filter);
 
 	if ( $output == OBJECT ) {