diff --git a/api/server/router/container/container_routes.go b/api/server/router/container/container_routes.go
index 5a2883324c..524d9f197f 100644
--- a/api/server/router/container/container_routes.go
+++ b/api/server/router/container/container_routes.go
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func (s *containerRouter) postContainersPrune(ctx context.Context, w http.Respon
 
 	pruneFilters, err := filters.FromJSON(r.Form.Get("filters"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return errdefs.InvalidParameter(err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	pruneReport, err := s.backend.ContainersPrune(ctx, pruneFilters)
diff --git a/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go b/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go
index 96b65c3777..69fc26a129 100644
--- a/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go
+++ b/api/server/router/network/network_routes.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (n *networkRouter) getNetworksList(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWrit
 	}
 
 	if err := network.ValidateFilters(filter); err != nil {
-		return errdefs.InvalidParameter(err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	var list []types.NetworkResource
diff --git a/api/server/router/swarm/cluster_routes.go b/api/server/router/swarm/cluster_routes.go
index 6ab097b4fd..0751617450 100644
--- a/api/server/router/swarm/cluster_routes.go
+++ b/api/server/router/swarm/cluster_routes.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (sr *swarmRouter) getServices(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r
 	}
 	filter, err := filters.FromJSON(r.Form.Get("filters"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return errdefs.InvalidParameter(err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// the status query parameter is only support in API versions >= 1.41. If
diff --git a/api/server/router/volume/volume_routes.go b/api/server/router/volume/volume_routes.go
index 4fa4cb53aa..e08e724579 100644
--- a/api/server/router/volume/volume_routes.go
+++ b/api/server/router/volume/volume_routes.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func (v *volumeRouter) getVolumesList(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter
 
 	filters, err := filters.FromJSON(r.Form.Get("filters"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return errdefs.InvalidParameter(errors.Wrap(err, "error reading volume filters"))
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error reading volume filters")
 	}
 	volumes, warnings, err := v.backend.List(ctx, filters)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/api/types/filters/parse.go b/api/types/filters/parse.go
index 4bc91cffd6..6a2139adb3 100644
--- a/api/types/filters/parse.go
+++ b/api/types/filters/parse.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/versions"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // Args stores a mapping of keys to a set of multiple values.
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func FromJSON(p string) (Args, error) {
 	// Fallback to parsing arguments in the legacy slice format
 	deprecated := map[string][]string{}
 	if legacyErr := json.Unmarshal(raw, &deprecated); legacyErr != nil {
-		return args, err
+		return args, invalidFilter{errors.Wrap(err, "invalid filter")}
 	}
 
 	args.fields = deprecatedArgs(deprecated)
@@ -247,10 +248,10 @@ func (args Args) Contains(field string) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
-type invalidFilter string
+type invalidFilter struct{ error }
 
 func (e invalidFilter) Error() string {
-	return "Invalid filter '" + string(e) + "'"
+	return e.error.Error()
 }
 
 func (invalidFilter) InvalidParameter() {}
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ func (invalidFilter) InvalidParameter() {}
 func (args Args) Validate(accepted map[string]bool) error {
 	for name := range args.fields {
 		if !accepted[name] {
-			return invalidFilter(name)
+			return invalidFilter{errors.New("invalid filter '" + name + "'")}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/api/types/filters/parse_test.go b/api/types/filters/parse_test.go
index 4b68c9685d..fe7958cf5b 100644
--- a/api/types/filters/parse_test.go
+++ b/api/types/filters/parse_test.go
@@ -69,9 +69,14 @@ func TestFromJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, invalid := range invalids {
-		if _, err := FromJSON(invalid); err == nil {
+		_, err := FromJSON(invalid)
+		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected an error with %v, got nothing", invalid)
 		}
+		var invalidFilterError invalidFilter
+		if !errors.As(err, &invalidFilterError) {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected an invalidFilter error, got %T", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	for expectedArgs, matchers := range valid {
@@ -327,9 +332,14 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	f.Add("bogus", "running")
-	if err := f.Validate(valid); err == nil {
+	err := f.Validate(valid)
+	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("Expected to return an error, got nil")
 	}
+	var invalidFilterError invalidFilter
+	if !errors.As(err, &invalidFilterError) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected an invalidFilter error, got %T", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestWalkValues(t *testing.T) {