diff --git a/pkg/services/oracle/filter.go b/pkg/services/oracle/filter.go
index 560320e0c..87d762626 100644
--- a/pkg/services/oracle/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/services/oracle/filter.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/PaesslerAG/jsonpath"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/state"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
 )
 
 func filter(value []byte, path string) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -22,3 +24,14 @@ func filter(value []byte, path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return json.Marshal([]interface{}{result})
 }
+
+func filterRequest(result []byte, req *state.OracleRequest) (transaction.OracleResponseCode, []byte) {
+	if req.Filter != nil {
+		var err error
+		result, err = filter(result, *req.Filter)
+		if err != nil {
+			return transaction.Error, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return transaction.Success, result
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/oracle/request.go b/pkg/services/oracle/request.go
index 323423a1c..11546b338 100644
--- a/pkg/services/oracle/request.go
+++ b/pkg/services/oracle/request.go
@@ -117,16 +117,7 @@ func (o *Oracle) processRequest(priv *keys.PrivateKey, req request) error {
 				}
 				break
 			}
-			if req.Req.Filter != nil {
-				res, err := filter(result, *req.Req.Filter)
-				if err != nil {
-					resp.Code = transaction.Error
-					break
-				}
-				result = res
-			}
-			resp.Code = transaction.Success
-			resp.Result = result
+			resp.Code, resp.Result = filterRequest(result, req.Req)
 		case r.StatusCode == http.StatusForbidden:
 			resp.Code = transaction.Forbidden
 		case r.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound:
@@ -144,8 +135,7 @@ func (o *Oracle) processRequest(priv *keys.PrivateKey, req request) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			resp.Code = transaction.Error
 		} else {
-			resp.Code = transaction.Success
-			resp.Result = res
+			resp.Code, resp.Result = filterRequest(res, req.Req)
 		}
 	}