diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh
index 5dcfcb3929..9392bde440 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_multi_kernel.cuh
@@ -478,13 +478,15 @@ __global__ void apply_filter_kernel(INDEX_T* const result_indices_ptr,
                                     const INDEX_T query_id_offset,
                                     SAMPLE_FILTER_T sample_filter)
 {
-  const auto tid = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x;
+  constexpr INDEX_T index_msb_1_mask = utils::gen_index_msb_1_mask<INDEX_T>::value;
+  const auto tid                     = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x * blockDim.x;
   if (tid >= result_buffer_size * num_queries) { return; }
   const auto i     = tid % result_buffer_size;
   const auto j     = tid / result_buffer_size;
   const auto index = i + j * lds;
 
-  if (!sample_filter(query_id_offset + j, result_indices_ptr[index])) {
+  if (result_indices_ptr[index] != ~index_msb_1_mask &&
+      !sample_filter(query_id_offset + j, result_indices_ptr[index])) {
     result_indices_ptr[index]   = utils::get_max_value<INDEX_T>();
     result_distances_ptr[index] = utils::get_max_value<DISTANCE_T>();
   }
@@ -788,12 +790,15 @@ struct search : search_plan_impl<DATA_T, INDEX_T, DISTANCE_T, SAMPLE_FILTER_T> {
     auto result_indices_ptr   = result_indices.data() + (iter & 0x1) * result_buffer_size;
     auto result_distances_ptr = result_distances.data() + (iter & 0x1) * result_buffer_size;
 
-    // Remove parent bit in search results
-    remove_parent_bit(
-      num_queries, itopk_size, result_indices_ptr, result_buffer_allocation_size, stream);
+    if constexpr (!std::is_same<SAMPLE_FILTER_T,
+                                raft::neighbors::filtering::none_cagra_sample_filter>::value) {
+      // Remove parent bit in search results
+      remove_parent_bit(num_queries,
+                        result_buffer_size,
+                        result_indices.data() + (iter & 0x1) * itopk_size,
+                        result_buffer_allocation_size,
+                        stream);
 
-    if (!std::is_same<SAMPLE_FILTER_T,
-                      raft::neighbors::filtering::none_cagra_sample_filter>::value) {
       apply_filter<INDEX_T, DISTANCE_T, SAMPLE_FILTER_T>(
         result_indices.data() + (iter & 0x1) * itopk_size,
         result_distances.data() + (iter & 0x1) * itopk_size,
@@ -821,6 +826,10 @@ struct search : search_plan_impl<DATA_T, INDEX_T, DISTANCE_T, SAMPLE_FILTER_T> {
                        true,
                        topk_hint.data(),
                        stream);
+    } else {
+      // Remove parent bit in search results
+      remove_parent_bit(
+        num_queries, itopk_size, result_indices_ptr, result_buffer_allocation_size, stream);
     }
 
     // Copy results from working buffer to final buffer
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_plan.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_plan.cuh
index a0f346ab51..147b8b753d 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_plan.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/search_plan.cuh
@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ struct search_plan_impl : public search_plan_impl_base {
         "`hashmap_max_fill_rate` must be equal to or greater than 0.1 and smaller than 0.9. " +
         std::to_string(hashmap_max_fill_rate) + " has been given.";
     }
+    if constexpr (!std::is_same<SAMPLE_FILTER_T,
+                                raft::neighbors::filtering::none_cagra_sample_filter>::value) {
+      if (hashmap_mode == hash_mode::SMALL) {
+        error_message += "`SMALL` hash is not available when filtering";
+      } else {
+        hashmap_mode = hash_mode::HASH;
+      }
+    }
     if (algo == search_algo::MULTI_CTA) {
       if (hashmap_mode == hash_mode::SMALL) {
         error_message += "`small_hash` is not available when 'search_mode' is \"multi-cta\"";
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/nn_descent.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/nn_descent.cuh
index 3e4d0409bd..009ffd4684 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/nn_descent.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/nn_descent.cuh
@@ -1278,8 +1278,7 @@ void GNND<Data_t, Index_t>::build(Data_t* data, const Index_t nrow, Index_t* out
 
     std::thread update_and_sample_thread(update_and_sample, it);
 
-    std::cout << "# GNND iteraton: " << it + 1 << "/" << build_config_.max_iterations << "\r";
-    std::fflush(stdout);
+    RAFT_LOG_DEBUG("# GNND iteraton: %lu / %lu", it + 1, build_config_.max_iterations);
 
     // Reuse dists_buffer_ to save GPU memory. graph_buffer_ cannot be reused, because it
     // contains some information for local_join.