diff --git a/share/man/man9/bus_dma.9 b/share/man/man9/bus_dma.9
--- a/share/man/man9/bus_dma.9
+++ b/share/man/man9/bus_dma.9
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
 The filter function should return zero if any mapping in this range
 can be accommodated by the device and non-zero otherwise.
 .Pp
-.Em Note: The use of filters is deprecated.  Proper operation is not guaranteed.
+.Em Note: The use of filters is no longer supported and will result in an error.
 .It Vt bus_dma_segment_t
 A machine-dependent type that describes individual
 DMA segments.
@@ -611,26 +611,10 @@
 is used to bounce requests that would otherwise conflict with
 the exclusion window.
 .It Fa filtfunc
-Optional filter function (may be
-.Dv NULL )
-to be called for any attempt to
-map memory into the window described by
-.Fa lowaddr
-and
-.Fa highaddr .
-A filter function is only required when the single window described
-by
-.Fa lowaddr
-and
-.Fa highaddr
-cannot adequately describe the constraints of the device.
-The filter function will be called for every machine page
-that overlaps the exclusion window.
-.Pp
-.Em Note: The use of filters is deprecated.  Proper operation is not guaranteed.
+Formerly the optional filter function; must be
+.Dv NULL .
 .It Fa filtfuncarg
-Argument passed to all calls to the filter function for this tag.
-May be
+Must be
 .Dv NULL .
 .It Fa maxsize
 Maximum size, in bytes, of the sum of all segment lengths in a given
@@ -689,6 +673,14 @@
 .Er ENOMEM
 if sufficient memory is not available for tag creation
 or allocating mapping resources.
+Returns
+.Er EINVAL
+if either
+.Fa filtfunc
+or
+.Fa filtarg
+arguements are not
+.Dv NULL .
 .It Fn bus_dma_tag_destroy "dmat"
 Deallocate the DMA tag
 .Fa dmat
diff --git a/sys/arm/arm/busdma_machdep.c b/sys/arm/arm/busdma_machdep.c
--- a/sys/arm/arm/busdma_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arm/arm/busdma_machdep.c
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@
 	/* Return a NULL tag on failure */
 	*dmat = NULL;
 
+	/* Filters are no longer supported. */
+	if (filter != NULL || filterarg != NULL)
+		return (EINVAL);
+
 	newtag = (bus_dma_tag_t)malloc(sizeof(*newtag), M_BUSDMA,
 	    M_ZERO | M_NOWAIT);
 	if (newtag == NULL) {
diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/busdma_machdep.c b/sys/arm64/arm64/busdma_machdep.c
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/busdma_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/busdma_machdep.c
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
 	struct bus_dma_tag_common *tc;
 	int error;
 
+	/* Filters are no longer supported. */
+	if (filter != NULL || filterarg != NULL)
+		return (EINVAL);
+
 	if (parent == NULL) {
 		error = bus_dma_bounce_impl.tag_create(parent, alignment,
 		    boundary, lowaddr, highaddr, filter, filterarg, maxsize,
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/powerpc/busdma_machdep.c b/sys/powerpc/powerpc/busdma_machdep.c
--- a/sys/powerpc/powerpc/busdma_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/powerpc/powerpc/busdma_machdep.c
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@
 		return (EINVAL);
 	}
 
+	/* Filters are no longer supported. */
+	if (filter != NULL || filterarg != NULL)
+		return (EINVAL);
+
 	/* Return a NULL tag on failure */
 	*dmat = NULL;
 
diff --git a/sys/riscv/riscv/busdma_machdep.c b/sys/riscv/riscv/busdma_machdep.c
--- a/sys/riscv/riscv/busdma_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/riscv/riscv/busdma_machdep.c
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@
 	struct bus_dma_tag_common *tc;
 	int error;
 
+	/* Filters are no longer supported. */
+	if (filter != NULL || filterarg != NULL)
+		return (EINVAL);
+
 	if (parent == NULL) {
 		error = bus_dma_bounce_impl.tag_create(parent, alignment,
 		    boundary, lowaddr, highaddr, filter, filterarg, maxsize,
diff --git a/sys/x86/x86/busdma_machdep.c b/sys/x86/x86/busdma_machdep.c
--- a/sys/x86/x86/busdma_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/x86/x86/busdma_machdep.c
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@
 	struct bus_dma_tag_common *tc;
 	int error;
 
+	/* Filters are no longer supported. */
+	if (filter != NULL || filterarg != NULL)
+		return (EINVAL);
+
 	if (parent == NULL) {
 		error = bus_dma_bounce_impl.tag_create(parent, alignment,
 		    boundary, lowaddr, highaddr, filter, filterarg, maxsize,