diff --git a/packages/backend/src/db/scylla.ts b/packages/backend/src/db/scylla.ts
index d329765201..301d28d0e2 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/db/scylla.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/db/scylla.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Note } from "@/models/entities/note.js";
 import type { NoteReaction } from "@/models/entities/note-reaction.js";
 import { Client, types } from "cassandra-driver";
 import type { User } from "@/models/entities/user.js";
-import { LocalFollowingsCache } from "@/misc/cache.js";
+import { ChannelFollowingsCache, LocalFollowingsCache } from "@/misc/cache.js";
 
 function newClient(): Client | null {
 	if (!config.scylla) {
@@ -209,3 +209,25 @@ export async function isVisible(
 
 	return visible;
 }
+
+export async function filterChannel(
+	notes: ScyllaNote[],
+	user: { id: User["id"] } | null,
+): Promise<ScyllaNote[]> {
+	let foundNotes = notes;
+
+	if (!user) {
+		foundNotes = foundNotes.filter((note) => !note.channelId);
+	} else {
+		const channelNotes = foundNotes.filter((note) => !!note.channelId);
+		if (channelNotes.length > 0) {
+			const cache = await ChannelFollowingsCache.init(user.id);
+			const followingIds = await cache.getAll();
+			foundNotes = foundNotes.filter(
+				(note) => !note.channelId || followingIds.includes(note.channelId),
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return foundNotes;
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/timeline.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/timeline.ts
index 63eb9138c8..aad7b03483 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/timeline.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/timeline.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Brackets } from "typeorm";
-import { Notes, Followings, ChannelFollowings } from "@/models/index.js";
+import { Notes, Followings } from "@/models/index.js";
 import { activeUsersChart } from "@/services/chart/index.js";
 import define from "../../define.js";
 import { makePaginationQuery } from "../../common/make-pagination-query.js";
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ import {
 	parseScyllaNote,
 	prepared,
 	scyllaClient,
+	filterChannel,
 } from "@/db/scylla.js";
-import { ChannelFollowingsCache, LocalFollowingsCache } from "@/misc/cache.js";
+import { LocalFollowingsCache } from "@/misc/cache.js";
 
 export const meta = {
 	tags: ["notes"],
@@ -103,18 +104,7 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, user) => {
 		}
 
 		// Filter channels
-		if (!user) {
-			foundNotes = foundNotes.filter((note) => !note.channelId);
-		} else {
-			const channelNotes = foundNotes.filter((note) => !!note.channelId);
-			if (channelNotes.length > 0) {
-				const cache = await ChannelFollowingsCache.init(user.id);
-				const followingIds = await cache.getAll();
-				foundNotes = foundNotes.filter(
-					(note) => !note.channelId || followingIds.includes(note.channelId),
-				);
-			}
-		}
+		foundNotes = await filterChannel(foundNotes, user);
 
 		return Notes.packMany(foundNotes, user);
 	}