diff --git a/holoviews/core/data/ibis.py b/holoviews/core/data/ibis.py
index 9327c17e00..a3f3034620 100644
--- a/holoviews/core/data/ibis.py
+++ b/holoviews/core/data/ibis.py
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ def iloc(cls, dataset, index):
         else:
             if not isinstance(rows, typing.Iterable):
                 rows = [rows]
-            data = data.filter([data.hv_row_id__.isin(rows)]).drop(["hv_row_id__"])
-        return data
+            return data.filter([data.hv_row_id__.isin(rows)]).drop(["hv_row_id__"])
+        return data.drop(["hv_row_id__"])
 
     @classmethod
     def unpack_scalar(cls, dataset, data):