diff --git a/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go b/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go
index e50767f2a7..72b01fa4cb 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go
+++ b/jsonrpc/filter_manager.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ var defaultTimeout = 1 * time.Minute
 const (
 	// The index in heap which is indicating the element is not in the heap
 	NoIndexInHeap = -1
+	// _checkDuration is for filter timeout check
+	_checkDuration = time.Second
 )
 
 // filter is an interface that BlockFilter and LogFilter implement
@@ -295,47 +297,38 @@ func (f *FilterManager) Run() {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	var timeoutCh <-chan time.Time
+	// Do not use 'for range + create long time after chan' any more,
+	// which would bring out some unpredictable result, especially when
+	// re-assgining the chan, the elder one would not be recycled by
+	// the GC as we expected.
+	// Use 'timer + reset' instead.
+	var checkTimer = time.NewTimer(_checkDuration)
+	defer checkTimer.Stop()
 
-OUT_LOOP:
 	for {
 		// check for the next filter to be removed
 		filterBase := f.nextTimeoutFilter()
+		// remove expired filter first
+		if filterBase != nil && filterBase.expiresAt.Before(time.Now()) {
+			f.logger.Info("filter timeout", "id", filterBase.id, "expiresAt", filterBase.expiresAt)
+			f.Uninstall(filterBase.id)
 
-		// set timer to remove filter
-		if filterBase != nil {
-			// It is awful, which would simple drop the not expired timer to the GC,
-			// which might take several minutes to recycle it.
-			// And even worse, the ws filter don't have an expire timestamp, which
-			// means we might make an imediate fired timer.
-			timeoutCh = time.After(time.Until(filterBase.expiresAt))
+			continue
 		}
 
+		// reset timer for next check
+		checkTimer.Reset(_checkDuration)
+
 		select {
-		case evnt := <-watchCh:
+		case ev := <-watchCh:
 			// new blockchain event
-			if err := f.dispatchEvent(evnt); err != nil {
+			if err := f.dispatchEvent(ev); err != nil {
 				f.logger.Error("failed to dispatch event", "err", err)
 			}
-
-		case <-timeoutCh:
-			// timeout for filter
-			// might be nil
-			if filterBase == nil {
-				f.logger.Warn("timeout filterBase is nil")
-
-				continue OUT_LOOP
-			}
-
-			f.logger.Info("filterBase timeout", "id", filterBase.id, "expiresAt", filterBase.expiresAt)
-
-			if !f.Uninstall(filterBase.id) {
-				f.logger.Error("failed to uninstall filter", "id", filterBase.id)
-			}
-
+		case <-checkTimer.C:
+			// no need to do anything, checkout the timeout filter in the next loop
 		case <-f.updateCh:
 			// filters change, reset the loop to start the timeout timer
-
 		case <-f.closeCh:
 			// stop the filter manager
 			return
@@ -553,12 +546,8 @@ func (f *FilterManager) GetFilterChanges(id string) (string, error) {
 
 // getFilterAndChanges returns the updates of the filter with given ID in string
 func (f *FilterManager) getFilterAndChanges(id string) (filter, string, error) {
-	f.RLock()
-	defer f.RUnlock()
-
-	filter, ok := f.filters[id]
-
-	if !ok {
+	filter := f.getFilterByID(id)
+	if filter == nil {
 		return nil, "", ErrFilterDoesNotExists
 	}
 
@@ -589,13 +578,19 @@ func (f *FilterManager) Uninstall(id string) bool {
 func (f *FilterManager) removeFilterByID(id string) bool {
 	filter, ok := f.filters[id]
 	if !ok {
-		return false
+		// not exits, should not retry
+		f.logger.Debug("filter not in list", "id", id)
+
+		return true
 	}
 
 	delete(f.filters, id)
 
 	if removed := f.timeouts.removeFilter(filter.getFilterBase()); removed {
+		f.logger.Debug("filter found in timeout heap", "id", id)
 		f.emitSignalToUpdateCh()
+	} else {
+		f.logger.Debug("filter already removed from timeout heap", "id", id)
 	}
 
 	return true
@@ -831,7 +826,7 @@ func (t *timeHeapImpl) Pop() interface{} {
 	n := len(old)
 	item := old[n-1]
 	old[n-1] = nil
-	item.heapIndex = -1
+	item.heapIndex = NoIndexInHeap // pop out and set it to not in heap
 	*t = old[0 : n-1]
 
 	return item
diff --git a/txpool/event_subscription_test.go b/txpool/event_subscription_test.go
index 5b2ad675f2..52510af4b2 100644
--- a/txpool/event_subscription_test.go
+++ b/txpool/event_subscription_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func shuffleTxPoolEvents(
 
 	randomEventType := func(supported bool) proto.EventType {
 		for {
+			//nolint:gosec
 			randNum, _ := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(int64(len(supportedTypes))))
 
 			randType := allEvents[randNum.Int64()]