diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter.go
index a473c40f..c4d2753e 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter.go
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ func filterOperator(d *dataTreeNavigator, context Context, expressionNode *Expre
 		for resultEl := filtered.MatchingNodes.Front(); resultEl != nil; resultEl = resultEl.Next() {
 			result := resultEl.Value.(*CandidateNode)
 			log.Warningf("filtered %#v", result)
-			selfExpression := &ExpressionNode{Operation: &Operation{OperationType: selfReferenceOpType}}
-			childCtx := context.SingleReadonlyChildContext(result)
-			collected, err := collectTogether(d, childCtx, selfExpression)
-			if err != nil {
-				return Context{}, err
-			}
-			collected.Node.Style = unwrapDoc(result.Node).Style
-			results.PushBack(collected)
 		}
+
+		selfExpression := &ExpressionNode{Operation: &Operation{OperationType: selfReferenceOpType}}
+		collected, err := collectTogether(d, filtered, selfExpression)
+		if err != nil {
+			return Context{}, err
+		}
+		collected.Node.Style = unwrapDoc(candidate.Node).Style
+		results.PushBack(collected)
 	}
 	return context.ChildContext(results), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter_test.go
index d5cd3af2..05a68161 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_filter_test.go
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ var filterOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		document:   `[1,2,3]`,
 		expression: `filter(. < 3)`,
 		expected: []string{
-			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::- 1\n",
-			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::- 2\n",
+			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[1, 2]\n",
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -19,8 +18,7 @@ var filterOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		document:    `[1,2,3]`,
 		expression:  `filter(. > 1)`,
 		expected: []string{
-			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::- 2\n",
-			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::- 3\n",
+			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[2, 3]\n",
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ var filterOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		document:    `[1,2,3]`,
 		expression:  `filter(. > 4)`,
 		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[]\n",
 		},
 	},
 	{
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ var filterOperatorScenarios = []expressionScenario{
 		document:    `[]`,
 		expression:  `filter(. > 1)`,
 		expected: []string{
+			"D0, P[], (!!seq)::[]\n",
 		},
 	},
 }