diff --git a/api/client/commands.go b/api/client/commands.go
index b50fad6853..4cfe97cdd7 100644
--- a/api/client/commands.go
+++ b/api/client/commands.go
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ const (
 	tarHeaderSize = 512
 )
 
-var (
-	acceptedImageFilterTags = map[string]struct{}{"dangling": {}}
-)
-
 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdHelp(args ...string) error {
 	if len(args) > 1 {
 		method, exists := cli.getMethod(args[:2]...)
@@ -1352,12 +1348,6 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdImages(args ...string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for name := range imageFilterArgs {
-		if _, ok := acceptedImageFilterTags[name]; !ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Invalid filter '%s'", name)
-		}
-	}
-
 	matchName := cmd.Arg(0)
 	// FIXME: --viz and --tree are deprecated. Remove them in a future version.
 	if *flViz || *flTree {
diff --git a/graph/list.go b/graph/list.go
index 63a906b9a9..49d4072be5 100644
--- a/graph/list.go
+++ b/graph/list.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/parsers/filters"
 )
 
+var acceptedImageFilterTags = map[string]struct{}{"dangling": {}}
+
 func (s *TagStore) CmdImages(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	var (
 		allImages   map[string]*image.Image
@@ -22,6 +24,12 @@ func (s *TagStore) CmdImages(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	if err != nil {
 		return job.Error(err)
 	}
+	for name := range imageFilters {
+		if _, ok := acceptedImageFilterTags[name]; !ok {
+			return job.Errorf("Invalid filter '%s'", name)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if i, ok := imageFilters["dangling"]; ok {
 		for _, value := range i {
 			if strings.ToLower(value) == "true" {