diff --git a/netbox/netbox/graphql/filter_mixins.py b/netbox/netbox/graphql/filter_mixins.py
index 5075e9aa282..76cfd891551 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/graphql/filter_mixins.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/graphql/filter_mixins.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import django_filters
 import strawberry
 import strawberry_django
-from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist, ValidationError
 from strawberry import auto
 from ipam.fields import ASNField
 from netbox.graphql.scalars import BigInt
@@ -201,4 +201,9 @@ def wrapper(cls):
 class BaseFilterMixin:
 
     def filter_by_filterset(self, queryset, key):
-        return self.filterset(data={key: getattr(self, key)}, queryset=queryset).qs
+        filterset = self.filterset(data={key: getattr(self, key)}, queryset=queryset)
+        if not filterset.is_valid():
+            # We could raise validation error but strawberry logs it all to the
+            # console i.e. raise ValidationError(f"{k}: {v[0]}")
+            return filterset.qs.none()
+        return filterset.qs
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/tests/test_graphql.py b/netbox/netbox/tests/test_graphql.py
index 2cf9ee87b9d..ab80c79c762 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/tests/test_graphql.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/tests/test_graphql.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+import json
+
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
+from rest_framework import status
 
-from utilities.testing import disable_warnings, TestCase
+from core.models import ObjectType
+from dcim.models import Site, Location
+from users.models import ObjectPermission
+from utilities.testing import disable_warnings, APITestCase, TestCase
 
 
 class GraphQLTestCase(TestCase):
@@ -34,3 +40,45 @@ def test_graphiql_interface(self):
         response = self.client.get(url, **header)
         with disable_warnings('django.request'):
             self.assertHttpStatus(response, 302)  # Redirect to login page
+
+
+class GraphQLAPITestCase(APITestCase):
+
+    @override_settings(LOGIN_REQUIRED=True)
+    @override_settings(EXEMPT_VIEW_PERMISSIONS=['*', 'auth.user'])
+    def test_graphql_filter_objects(self):
+        """
+        Test the operation of filters for GraphQL API requests.
+        """
+        sites = (
+            Site(name='Site 1', slug='site-1'),
+            Site(name='Site 2', slug='site-2'),
+        )
+        Site.objects.bulk_create(sites)
+        Location.objects.create(site=sites[0], name='Location 1', slug='location-1'),
+        Location.objects.create(site=sites[1], name='Location 2', slug='location-2'),
+
+        # Add object-level permission
+        obj_perm = ObjectPermission(
+            name='Test permission',
+            actions=['view']
+        )
+        obj_perm.save()
+        obj_perm.users.add(self.user)
+        obj_perm.object_types.add(ObjectType.objects.get_for_model(Location))
+
+        # A valid request should return the filtered list
+        url = reverse('graphql')
+        query = '{location_list(filters: {site_id: "' + str(sites[0].pk) + '"}) {id site {id}}}'
+        response = self.client.post(url, data={'query': query}, format="json", **self.header)
+        self.assertHttpStatus(response, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        data = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.assertNotIn('errors', data)
+        self.assertEqual(len(data['data']['location_list']), 1)
+
+        # An invalid request should return an empty list
+        query = '{location_list(filters: {site_id: "99999"}) {id site {id}}}'  # Invalid site ID
+        response = self.client.post(url, data={'query': query}, format="json", **self.header)
+        self.assertHttpStatus(response, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        data = json.loads(response.content)
+        self.assertEqual(len(data['data']['location_list']), 0)