diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster.go b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
index 28476400739..89f9ef4df75 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster.go
@@ -3066,6 +3066,11 @@ func (js *jetStream) monitorConsumer(o *consumer, ca *consumerAssignment) {
 					lastSnap = snap
 				}
 			}
+		} else {
+			// If we are here we may have no state but may be processing updates as a filtered consumer.
+			// Make sure the store does not grow too much, so similar to memory logic above, just compact.
+			_, _, applied := n.Progress()
+			n.Compact(applied)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go b/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
index 383a15254bf..8876e119a7f 100644
--- a/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
+++ b/server/jetstream_cluster_test.go
@@ -10776,6 +10776,55 @@ func TestJetStreamClusterStreamConsumersCount(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestJetStreamClusterFilteredAndIdleConsumerNRGGrowth(t *testing.T) {
+	c := createJetStreamClusterExplicit(t, "R3S", 3)
+	defer c.shutdown()
+
+	nc, js := jsClientConnect(t, c.randomServer())
+	defer nc.Close()
+
+	sname := "TEST"
+	_, err := js.AddStream(&nats.StreamConfig{Name: sname, Subjects: []string{"foo.*"}, Replicas: 3})
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+
+	sub, err := js.SubscribeSync("foo.baz", nats.Durable("dlc"))
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10_000; i++ {
+		js.PublishAsync("foo.bar", []byte("ok"))
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-js.PublishAsyncComplete():
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatalf("Did not receive completion signal")
+	}
+
+	checkSubsPending(t, sub, 0)
+
+	// Grab consumer's underlying info and make sure NRG log not running away do to no-op skips on filtered consumer.
+	// Need a non-leader for the consumer, they are only ones getting skip ops to keep delivered updated.
+	cl := c.consumerLeader("$G", "TEST", "dlc")
+	var s *Server
+	for _, s = range c.servers {
+		if s != cl {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	mset, err := s.GlobalAccount().lookupStream("TEST")
+	require_NoError(t, err)
+	o := mset.lookupConsumer("dlc")
+	if o == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error looking up consumer %q", "dlc")
+	}
+
+	// compactNumMin from monitorConsumer is 8192 atm.
+	const compactNumMin = 8192
+	if entries, _ := o.raftNode().Size(); entries > compactNumMin {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected <= %d entries, got %d", compactNumMin, entries)
+	}
+}
+
 // Support functions
 
 // Used to setup superclusters for tests.