diff --git a/core/filtermaps/matcher.go b/core/filtermaps/matcher.go
index 8e2d236b6b..02fb6ed82d 100644
--- a/core/filtermaps/matcher.go
+++ b/core/filtermaps/matcher.go
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 )
 
+// ErrMatchAll is returned when the specified filter matches everything.
+// Handling this case in filtermaps would require an extra special case and
+// would actually be slower than reverting to legacy filter.
+var ErrMatchAll = errors.New("match all patterns not supported")
+
 // MatcherBackend defines the functions required for searching in the log index
 // data structure. It is currently implemented by FilterMapsMatcherBackend but
 // once EIP-7745 is implemented and active, these functions can also be trustlessly
@@ -198,6 +203,9 @@ func getPotentialMatches(ctx context.Context, backend MatcherBackend, firstBlock
 		}
 		// get the actual logs located at the matching log value indices
 		for _, m := range matches {
+			if m == nil {
+				return nil, ErrMatchAll
+			}
 			mlogs, err := getLogsFromMatches(ctx, backend, firstIndex, lastIndex, m)
 			if err != nil {
 				return logs, err
diff --git a/eth/filters/filter.go b/eth/filters/filter.go
index 343fa5f0ff..7b0be8d024 100644
--- a/eth/filters/filter.go
+++ b/eth/filters/filter.go
@@ -154,6 +154,30 @@ func (f *Filter) Logs(ctx context.Context) ([]*types.Log, error) {
 	mb := f.sys.backend.NewMatcherBackend()
 	logs, _, _, _, err := filtermaps.GetPotentialMatches(ctx, mb, uint64(f.begin), uint64(f.end), f.addresses, f.topics)
 	mb.Close()
+	if err == filtermaps.ErrMatchAll {
+		// revert to legacy filter
+		hdr, _ := f.sys.backend.HeaderByNumber(ctx, rpc.LatestBlockNumber)
+		if hdr == nil {
+			return nil, errors.New("latest header not found")
+		}
+		headNumber := hdr.Number.Int64()
+		if f.begin > headNumber {
+			f.begin = headNumber
+		}
+		if f.end > headNumber {
+			f.end = headNumber
+		}
+		logChan, errChan := f.rangeLogsAsync(ctx)
+		var logs []*types.Log
+		for {
+			select {
+			case log := <-logChan:
+				logs = append(logs, log)
+			case err := <-errChan:
+				return logs, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	fmLogs := filterLogs(logs, nil, nil, f.addresses, f.topics)
 	log.Debug("Finished log search", "run time", time.Since(start), "true matches", len(fmLogs), "false positives", len(logs)-len(fmLogs))
 	return fmLogs, err