diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js
index 0e6a904509a..a5f7f4b3b9b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/post.js
@@ -483,9 +483,11 @@ createWidget("post-contents", {
     ) {
       controller.send("cancelFilter", currentFilterPostNumber);
       this.state.filteredRepliesShown = false;
+      return Promise.resolve();
     } else {
       this.state.filteredRepliesShown = true;
-      post
+
+      return post
         .get("topic.postStream")
         .filterReplies(post.post_number, post.id)
         .then(() => {