diff --git a/lib/Models/ScheduledTaskSubscriber.php b/lib/Models/ScheduledTaskSubscriber.php
index 29bff1c837..2a39cf7fee 100644
--- a/lib/Models/ScheduledTaskSubscriber.php
+++ b/lib/Models/ScheduledTaskSubscriber.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MailPoet\Models;
 
+use MailPoet\Util\Helpers;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 
 /**
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class ScheduledTaskSubscriber extends Model {
       ->select('subscribers.first_name', 'firstName');
     if (isset($data['search'])) {
       $search = trim($data['search']);
-      $search = str_replace(['\\', '%', '_'], ['\\\\', '\\%', '\\_'], $search); // escape for 'LIKE'
+      $search = Helpers::escapeSearch($search);
       if (strlen($search) === 0) {
         return $query;
       }
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Listing/NewsletterListingRepository.php b/lib/Newsletter/Listing/NewsletterListingRepository.php
index 5c3b133336..5d43ef7cbf 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Listing/NewsletterListingRepository.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Listing/NewsletterListingRepository.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Listing;
 use MailPoet\Entities\NewsletterEntity;
 use MailPoet\Listing\ListingDefinition;
 use MailPoet\Listing\ListingRepository;
+use MailPoet\Util\Helpers;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 use MailPoetVendor\Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
 
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ class NewsletterListingRepository extends ListingRepository {
   }
 
   protected function applySearch(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, string $search) {
-    $search = str_replace(['\\', '%', '_'], ['\\\\', '\\%', '\\_'], $search); // escape for 'LIKE'
+    $search = Helpers::escapeSearch($search);
     $queryBuilder
       ->andWhere('n.subject LIKE :search')
       ->setParameter('search', "%$search%");
diff --git a/lib/Subscribers/SubscriberListingRepository.php b/lib/Subscribers/SubscriberListingRepository.php
index a4860f31b5..bb80e85fb9 100644
--- a/lib/Subscribers/SubscriberListingRepository.php
+++ b/lib/Subscribers/SubscriberListingRepository.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class SubscriberListingRepository extends ListingRepository {
   }
 
   protected function applySearch(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, string $search) {
-    $search = $this->sanitizeSearch($search);
+    $search = Helpers::escapeSearch($search);
     $queryBuilder
       ->andWhere('s.email LIKE :search or s.firstName LIKE :search or s.lastName LIKE :search')
       ->setParameter('search', "%$search%");
@@ -258,10 +258,6 @@ class SubscriberListingRepository extends ListingRepository {
     return ['segment' => $segmentList];
   }
 
-  private function sanitizeSearch(string $search): string {
-    return str_replace(['\\', '%', '_'], ['\\\\', '\\%', '\\_'], trim($search)); // escape for 'LIKE'
-  }
-
   private function applyDynamicSegmentsFilter(
     QueryBuilder $queryBuilder,
     ListingDefinition $definition,
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@ class SubscriberListingRepository extends ListingRepository {
     // Apply group, search, order and paging to fetch only necessary ids
     // This id done for performance reasons instead of fetching all IDs in dynamic segment
     if ($definition->getSearch()) {
-      $search = $this->sanitizeSearch((string)$definition->getSearch());
+      $search = Helpers::escapeSearch((string)$definition->getSearch());
       $subscribersIdsQuery
         ->andWhere("$subscribersTable.email LIKE :search or $subscribersTable.first_name LIKE :search or $subscribersTable.last_name LIKE :search")
         ->setParameter('search', "%$search%");
diff --git a/lib/Util/Helpers.php b/lib/Util/Helpers.php
index fd5b92576d..fe367fd7e5 100644
--- a/lib/Util/Helpers.php
+++ b/lib/Util/Helpers.php
@@ -98,4 +98,8 @@ class Helpers {
       return trim($value);
     return $value;
   }
+
+  public static function escapeSearch(string $search): string {
+    return str_replace(['\\', '%', '_'], ['\\\\', '\\%', '\\_'], trim($search)); // escape for 'LIKE'
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Util/HelpersTest.php b/tests/unit/Util/HelpersTest.php
index fbe97abbb1..8bd3dbf6dd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Util/HelpersTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Util/HelpersTest.php
@@ -58,4 +58,15 @@ class HelpersTest extends \MailPoetUnitTest {
       'number' => 523,
     ]);
   }
+
+  public function testSanitizeSearch() {
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch('Hello'))->equals('Hello');
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch('Hello '))->equals('Hello');
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch(' Hello '))->equals('Hello');
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch('%Hello '))->equals('\%Hello');
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch('%Hello %'))->equals('\%Hello \%');
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch('He%llo'))->equals('He\%llo');
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch('He_llo'))->equals('He\_llo');
+    expect(Helpers::escapeSearch('He\\llo'))->equals('He\\\llo');
+  }
 }