diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
index 408fe1bc04..794fa5cf0d 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php
@@ -136,13 +136,15 @@ class WP_Importer {
 				fwrite( STDERR, "Error: can not determine blog_id from $blog_id\n" );
 				exit();
 			}
-			if ( empty( $parsed['path'] ) )
+			if ( empty( $parsed['path'] ) ) {
 				$parsed['path'] = '/';
-			$blog = get_blog_details( array( 'domain' => $parsed['host'], 'path' => $parsed['path'] ) );
-			if ( !$blog ) {
+			}
+			$blogs = get_sites( array( 'domain' => $parsed['host'], 'number' => 1, 'path' => $parsed['path'] ) );
+			if ( ! $blogs ) {
 				fwrite( STDERR, "Error: Could not find blog\n" );
 				exit();
 			}
+			$blog = array_shift( $blogs );
 			$blog_id = (int) $blog->blog_id;
 		}