diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index b6f2788e90734..82280ed46bdfe 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -190,3 +190,9 @@ How can i configure OAuth authentication and authorization?
 
 You can take a look at this Flask-AppBuilder `configuration example 
 <https://github.com/dpgaspar/Flask-AppBuilder/blob/master/examples/oauth/config.py>`_.
+
+How can I set a default filter on my dashboard?
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Easy. Simply apply the filter and save the dashboard while the filter
+is active.
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/Dashboard.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/Dashboard.jsx
index 7cc7699c44785..2b250186bc107 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/Dashboard.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/dashboard/Dashboard.jsx
@@ -170,10 +170,6 @@ export function dashboardContainer(dashboard, datasources, userid) {
       }
     },
     effectiveExtraFilters(sliceId) {
-      // Don't filter the filter_box itself by preselect_filters
-      if (this.getSlice(sliceId).formData.viz_type === 'filter_box') {
-        return [];
-      }
       const f = [];
       const immuneSlices = this.metadata.filter_immune_slices || [];
       if (sliceId && immuneSlices.includes(sliceId)) {
@@ -190,6 +186,10 @@ export function dashboardContainer(dashboard, datasources, userid) {
         immuneToFields = this.metadata.filter_immune_slice_fields[sliceId];
       }
       for (const filteringSliceId in this.filters) {
+        if (filteringSliceId == sliceId) {
+          // Filters applied by the slice don't apply to itself
+          continue;
+        }
         for (const field in this.filters[filteringSliceId]) {
           if (!immuneToFields.includes(field)) {
             f.push({