diff --git a/CRM/Contribute/BAO/ContributionRecur.php b/CRM/Contribute/BAO/ContributionRecur.php
index 063ad1934a4c..126cf8f67d95 100644
--- a/CRM/Contribute/BAO/ContributionRecur.php
+++ b/CRM/Contribute/BAO/ContributionRecur.php
@@ -173,14 +173,7 @@ public static function checkDuplicate($params, &$duplicates) {
    * @return array|null
    */
   public static function getPaymentProcessor($id, $mode = NULL) {
-    $sql = "
-SELECT r.payment_processor_id
-  FROM civicrm_contribution_recur r
- WHERE r.id = %1";
-    $params = array(1 => array($id, 'Integer'));
-    $paymentProcessorID = CRM_Core_DAO::singleValueQuery($sql,
-      $params
-    );
+    $paymentProcessorID = self::getPaymentProcessorID($id);
     if (!$paymentProcessorID) {
       return NULL;
     }
@@ -188,6 +181,23 @@ public static function getPaymentProcessor($id, $mode = NULL) {
     return CRM_Financial_BAO_PaymentProcessor::getPayment($paymentProcessorID, $mode);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the payment processor for the given recurring contribution.
+   *
+   * @param int $recurID
+   *
+   * @return int
+   *   Payment processor id. If none found return 0 which represents the
+   *   pseudo processor used for pay-later.
+   */
+  public static function getPaymentProcessorID($recurID) {
+    $recur = civicrm_api3('ContributionRecur', 'getsingle', [
+      'id' => $recurID,
+      'return' => ['payment_processor_id']
+    ]);
+    return (int) CRM_Utils_Array::value('payment_processor_id', $recur, 0);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the number of installment done/completed for each recurring contribution.
    *
diff --git a/CRM/Contribute/Page/UserDashboard.php b/CRM/Contribute/Page/UserDashboard.php
index 608d0060bcbe..9b4e614c389f 100644
--- a/CRM/Contribute/Page/UserDashboard.php
+++ b/CRM/Contribute/Page/UserDashboard.php
@@ -83,11 +83,9 @@ public function listContribution() {
     $recurRow = array();
     $recurIDs = array();
     while ($recur->fetch()) {
-      $mode = $recur->is_test ? 'test' : 'live';
-      $paymentProcessor = CRM_Contribute_BAO_ContributionRecur::getPaymentProcessor($recur->id,
-        $mode
-      );
-      if (!$paymentProcessor) {
+      if (empty($recur->payment_processor_id)) {
+        // it's not clear why we continue here as any without a processor id would likely
+        // be imported from another system & still seem valid.
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -121,10 +119,6 @@ public function listContribution() {
       );
 
       $recurIDs[] = $values['id'];
-
-      //reset $paymentObject for checking other paymenet processor
-      //recurring url
-      $paymentObject = NULL;
     }
     if (is_array($recurIDs) && !empty($recurIDs)) {
       $getCount = CRM_Contribute_BAO_ContributionRecur::getCount($recurIDs);