diff --git a/sstables/sstables.cc b/sstables/sstables.cc
index 0c7df2b61d..71c44c88b9 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstables.cc
@@ -1469,9 +1469,6 @@ future<> sstable::update_info_for_opened_data(sstable_open_config cfg) {
     _run_identifier = _components->scylla_metadata->get_optional_run_identifier().value_or(run_id::create_random_id());
     auto stat = co_await _storage->get_stats(*this);
     _bytes_on_disk = stat.bytes_on_disk;
-    if (stat.filter_file_size != 0) {
-        _filter_file_size = stat.filter_file_size;
-    }
     if (cfg.load_first_and_last_position_metadata) {
         co_await load_first_and_last_position_in_partition();
     }
@@ -1499,13 +1496,6 @@ future<sstable::storage::stat> sstable::filesystem_storage::get_stats(const ssta
         ret.bytes_on_disk += bytes;
     }
 
-    if (sst.has_component(component_type::Filter)) {
-        auto size = co_await io_check([&] {
-            return file_size(sst.filename(component_type::Filter));
-        });
-        ret.filter_file_size = size;
-    }
-
     co_return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2007,6 +1997,10 @@ uint64_t sstable::bytes_on_disk() const {
     return _bytes_on_disk;
 }
 
+uint64_t sstable::filter_size() const {
+    return _components->filter->memory_size();
+}
+
 const bool sstable::has_component(component_type f) const {
     return _recognized_components.contains(f);
 }
diff --git a/sstables/sstables.hh b/sstables/sstables.hh
index 7225af9e9e..d116a0e076 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.hh
+++ b/sstables/sstables.hh
@@ -317,9 +317,8 @@ public:
         return _index_file;
     }
     file uncached_index_file();
-    uint64_t filter_size() const {
-        return _filter_file_size;
-    }
+    // Returns size of bloom filter data.
+    uint64_t filter_size() const;
 
     db_clock::time_point data_file_write_time() const {
         return _data_file_write_time;
@@ -496,7 +495,6 @@ public:
         virtual future<data_sink> make_component_sink(sstable& sst, component_type type, open_flags oflags, file_output_stream_options options) = 0;
         struct stat {
             uint64_t bytes_on_disk = 0;
-            uint64_t filter_file_size = 0;
         };
         virtual future<stat> get_stats(const sstable& sst) = 0;
 
@@ -537,7 +535,6 @@ private:
     file _data_file;
     uint64_t _data_file_size;
     uint64_t _index_file_size;
-    uint64_t _filter_file_size = 0;
     uint64_t _bytes_on_disk = 0;
     db_clock::time_point _data_file_write_time;
     position_range _min_max_position_range = position_range::all_clustered_rows();