diff --git a/libbeat/reader/filter/filter.go b/libbeat/reader/filter/filter.go
index 61894981be9..0cc6fdf09e3 100644
--- a/libbeat/reader/filter/filter.go
+++ b/libbeat/reader/filter/filter.go
@@ -55,15 +55,22 @@ func NewParser(r reader.Reader, c *Config) *FilterParser {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p *FilterParser) Next() (reader.Message, error) {
+func (p *FilterParser) Next() (message reader.Message, err error) {
+	// discardedOffset accounts for the bytes of discarded messages
+	var discardedOffset int
+	defer func() {
+		message.Bytes += discardedOffset
+	}()
+
 	for p.ctx.Err() == nil {
-		message, err := p.r.Next()
+		message, err = p.r.Next()
 		if err != nil {
 			return message, err
 		}
 		if p.matchAny(string(message.Content)) {
 			return message, err
 		}
+		discardedOffset += message.Bytes
 		p.logger.Debug("dropping message because it does not match any of the provided patterns [%v]: %s", p.matchers, string(message.Content))
 	}
 	return reader.Message{}, io.EOF