diff --git a/app/soapbox/schemas/utils.ts b/app/soapbox/schemas/utils.ts
index d0bc4cc8f8..72f5f49d9b 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/schemas/utils.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/schemas/utils.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import type { CustomEmoji } from './custom-emoji';
 
 /** Validates individual items in an array, dropping any that aren't valid. */
 function filteredArray<T extends z.ZodTypeAny>(schema: T) {
-  return z.any().array().transform((arr) => (
-    arr.map((item) => schema.safeParse(item).success ? item as z.infer<T> : undefined)
-      .filter((item): item is z.infer<T> => Boolean(item))
-  ));
+  return z.any().array()
+    .transform((arr) => (
+      arr.map((item) => {
+        const parsed = schema.safeParse(item);
+        return parsed.success ? parsed.data : undefined;
+      }).filter((item): item is z.infer<T> => Boolean(item))
+    ));
 }
 
 /** Map a list of CustomEmoji to their shortcodes. */