diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 0353f48..63ae469 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -140,21 +140,10 @@ const Channel = function(length = 0) {
         }
       },
 
-      filter: (callbackfn, thisArg) => {
-        const output = Channel();
-
-        (async () => {
-          await readOnly.forEach(async (value) => {
-            if (await callbackfn.call(thisArg, value)) {
-              await output.push(value);
-            }
-          });
-
-          await output.close();
-        })();
-
-        return output;
-      },
+      filter: (callbackfn, thisArg) =>
+        readOnly.flatMap((value) =>
+          callbackfn.call(thisArg, value) ? Channel.of(value) : Channel.of()
+        ),
 
       flat: (depth) =>
         readOnly.flatMap((value) =>
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 7f84cd0..a160726 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ describe(`Channel object`, function() {
   it(`filter`, async function() {
     assert.deepEqual(
       await Channel.of(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
-        .filter(async (value) => value % 2 !== 0)
+        .filter((value) => value % 2 !== 0)
         .values(),
       [1, 3, 5]
     );