diff --git a/WordPress/Sniffs/DB/PreparedSQLSniff.php b/WordPress/Sniffs/DB/PreparedSQLSniff.php
index c328e84b6f..53be35b3b8 100644
--- a/WordPress/Sniffs/DB/PreparedSQLSniff.php
+++ b/WordPress/Sniffs/DB/PreparedSQLSniff.php
@@ -180,10 +180,9 @@ function ( $symbol ) {
 				) {
 
 					// Find the opening parenthesis.
-					$opening_paren = $this->phpcsFile->findNext( T_WHITESPACE, ( $this->i + 1 ), null, true, null, true );
+					$opening_paren = $this->phpcsFile->findNext( Tokens::$emptyTokens, ( $this->i + 1 ), null, true, null, true );
 
-					if (
-						$opening_paren
+					if ( false !== $opening_paren
 						&& T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS === $this->tokens[ $opening_paren ]['code']
 						&& isset( $this->tokens[ $opening_paren ]['parenthesis_closer'] )
 					) {
diff --git a/WordPress/Tests/DB/PreparedSQLUnitTest.inc b/WordPress/Tests/DB/PreparedSQLUnitTest.inc
index 86ae5bd2b5..57fc2c5918 100644
--- a/WordPress/Tests/DB/PreparedSQLUnitTest.inc
+++ b/WordPress/Tests/DB/PreparedSQLUnitTest.inc
@@ -106,5 +106,13 @@ $wpdb->query( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = " . (int) $foo . ";" ); //
 
 $wpdb->query( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE value = " . (float) $foo . ";" ); // Ok.
 
+$wpdb->query(
+	"SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts
+	WHERE ID = "
+	. absint // Ok.
+		( $foo )
+	. ";"
+);
+
 // Don't throw an error during live coding.
 wpdb::prepare( "SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts