diff --git a/cmdline/state.c b/cmdline/state.c
index bed83c95..dfa33adb 100644
--- a/cmdline/state.c
+++ b/cmdline/state.c
@@ -5847,7 +5847,8 @@ void state_filter(struct snapraid_state* state, tommy_list* filterlist_file, tom
 		for (j = tommy_list_head(&disk->linklist); j != 0; j = j->next) {
 			struct snapraid_link* slink = j->data;
 
-			if (filter_path(filterlist_disk, 0, disk->name, slink->sub) != 0
+			if (filter_error
+				|| filter_path(filterlist_disk, 0, disk->name, slink->sub) != 0
 				|| filter_path(filterlist_file, 0, disk->name, slink->sub) != 0
 				|| filter_existence(filter_missing, disk->dir, slink->sub) != 0
 			) {
@@ -5859,7 +5860,8 @@ void state_filter(struct snapraid_state* state, tommy_list* filterlist_file, tom
 		for (j = tommy_list_head(&disk->dirlist); j != 0; j = j->next) {
 			struct snapraid_dir* dir = j->data;
 
-			if (filter_emptydir(filterlist_disk, 0, disk->name, dir->sub) != 0
+			if (filter_error
+				|| filter_emptydir(filterlist_disk, 0, disk->name, dir->sub) != 0
 				|| filter_emptydir(filterlist_file, 0, disk->name, dir->sub) != 0
 				|| filter_existence(filter_missing, disk->dir, dir->sub) != 0
 			) {