diff --git a/pcap/loader.go b/pcap/loader.go
index 8cb24cc..bfc23fe 100644
--- a/pcap/loader.go
+++ b/pcap/loader.go
@@ -432,14 +432,6 @@ func (c *PacketLoader) NewFilter(newfilt string, cb interface{}, app gowid.IApp)
 
 	if c.DisplayFilter() == newfilt {
 		log.Infof("No operation - same filter applied ('%s').", newfilt)
-		// This is a hack to avoid displaying an error in the following situation. The user loads
-		// a pcap and applies a filter. Then they hit clear-packets. The filter is still shown.
-		// Then they run clear-filter. That will attempt to apply a new filter, but the loader's
-		// record of the filter is cleared, and the new filter to apply is also clear, so they
-		// are the same, so this error is shown.
-		if newfilt != "" {
-			HandleError(NoneCode, app, fmt.Errorf("Same filter - nothing to do."), cb)
-		}
 	} else {
 		c.stopTail()
 		c.stopLoadPsml()
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index ba9deae..8894474 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -2933,7 +2933,11 @@ func Build() (*gowid.App, error) {
 	})
 
 	validFilterCb := gowid.MakeWidgetCallback("cb", func(app gowid.IApp, w gowid.IWidget) {
-		RequestNewFilter(FilterWidget.Value(), app)
+		if Loader.DisplayFilter() == FilterWidget.Value() {
+			OpenError("Same filter - nothing to do", app)
+		} else {
+			RequestNewFilter(FilterWidget.Value(), app)
+		}
 	})
 
 	// Will only be enabled to click if filter is valid