diff --git a/avocado/core/tree.py b/avocado/core/tree.py
index c18c579c93d947550ad448acd8197fb9bd3a106b..2179cbe822c69b9d273aaceb0906d928977f6b1e 100644
--- a/avocado/core/tree.py
+++ b/avocado/core/tree.py
@@ -533,8 +533,12 @@ def apply_filters(tree, filter_only=None, filter_out=None):
     """
     if filter_only is None:
         filter_only = []
+    else:
+        filter_only = [_.rstrip('/') for _ in filter_only if _]
     if filter_out is None:
         filter_out = []
+    else:
+        filter_out = [_.rstrip('/') for _ in filter_out if _]
     for node in tree.iter_children_preorder():
         keep_node = True
         for path in filter_only: