diff --git a/eth/filters/api.go b/eth/filters/api.go
index f4bed35b26..8168833df2 100644
--- a/eth/filters/api.go
+++ b/eth/filters/api.go
@@ -473,10 +473,6 @@ func (api *FilterAPI) GetLogs(ctx context.Context, crit FilterCriteria) ([]*type
 		if crit.ToBlock != nil {
 			end = crit.ToBlock.Int64()
 		}
-		// Block numbers below 0 are special cases.
-		if begin > 0 && end > 0 && begin > end {
-			return nil, errInvalidBlockRange
-		}
 		if begin >= 0 && begin < int64(api.events.backend.HistoryPruningCutoff()) {
 			return nil, &history.PrunedHistoryError{}
 		}
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter.go b/eth/filters/filter.go
index 9915f28128..7838fdb74e 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter.go
@@ -142,9 +142,17 @@ func (f *Filter) Logs(ctx context.Context) ([]*types.Log, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	end, err := resolveSpecial(f.end)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	var end uint64
+	if f.begin != f.end {
+		end, err = resolveSpecial(f.end)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else {
+		end = begin
+	}
+	if begin > end {
+		return nil, errInvalidBlockRange
 	}
 	if f.rangeLimit != 0 && (end-begin) > f.rangeLimit {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exceed maximum block range: %d", f.rangeLimit)
@@ -389,9 +397,6 @@ func (f *Filter) rangeLogs(ctx context.Context, firstBlock, lastBlock uint64) ([
 		}()
 	}
 
-	if firstBlock > lastBlock {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
 	mb := f.sys.backend.NewMatcherBackend()
 	defer mb.Close()
 
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter_test.go b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
index 63727200f7..2e5230c268 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter_test.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter_test.go
@@ -357,7 +357,12 @@ func testFilters(t *testing.T, history uint64, noHistory bool) {
 			want: `[{"address":"0xff00000000000000000000000000000000000000","topics":["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000746f70696333"],"data":"0x","blockNumber":"0x3e7","transactionHash":"0x53e3675800c6908424b61b35a44e51ca4c73ca603e58a65b32c67968b4f42200","transactionIndex":"0x0","blockHash":"0x2e4620a2b426b0612ec6cad9603f466723edaed87f98c9137405dd4f7a2409ff","blockTimestamp":"0x2706","logIndex":"0x0","removed":false}]`,
 		},
 		{
-			f: sys.NewRangeFilter(int64(rpc.LatestBlockNumber), int64(rpc.FinalizedBlockNumber), nil, nil, 0),
+			f:   sys.NewRangeFilter(int64(rpc.LatestBlockNumber), int64(rpc.FinalizedBlockNumber), nil, nil, 0),
+			err: "invalid block range params",
+		},
+		{
+			f:   sys.NewRangeFilter(int64(rpc.LatestBlockNumber), int64(rpc.EarliestBlockNumber), nil, nil, 0),
+			err: "invalid block range params",
 		},
 		{
 			f:   sys.NewRangeFilter(int64(rpc.SafeBlockNumber), int64(rpc.LatestBlockNumber), nil, nil, 0),