2 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/whisper/shhapi/api.go b/whisper/shhapi/api.go
index 24d54b653..379bb90d3 100644
--- a/whisper/shhapi/api.go
+++ b/whisper/shhapi/api.go
@@ -178,14 +178,10 @@ func (api *PublicWhisperAPI) NewFilter(args WhisperFilterArgs) (uint32, error) {
 		Messages:  make(map[common.Hash]*whisperv5.ReceivedMessage),
 		AcceptP2P: args.AcceptP2P,
 	}
-
 	if len(filter.KeySym) > 0 {
 		filter.SymKeyHash = crypto.Keccak256Hash(filter.KeySym)
 	}
-
-	for _, t := range args.Topics {
-		filter.Topics = append(filter.Topics, t)
-	}
+	filter.Topics = append(filter.Topics, args.Topics...)
 
 	if len(args.Topics) == 0 {
 		info := "NewFilter: at least one topic must be specified"
diff --git a/whisper/shhapi/api_test.go b/whisper/shhapi/api_test.go
index d2890a9a3..60b6fbd04 100644
--- a/whisper/shhapi/api_test.go
+++ b/whisper/shhapi/api_test.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func TestUnmarshalPostArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	if a.FilterID != 64 {
 		t.Fatalf("wrong FilterID: %d.", a.FilterID)
 	}
-	if bytes.Compare(a.PeerID[:], a.Topic[:]) != 0 {
+	if !bytes.Equal(a.PeerID[:], a.Topic[:]) {
 		t.Fatalf("wrong PeerID: %x.", a.PeerID)
 	}
 }