diff --git a/src/eval/expr.rs b/src/eval/expr.rs
index f3c3cca1..af762e20 100644
--- a/src/eval/expr.rs
+++ b/src/eval/expr.rs
@@ -268,9 +268,8 @@ impl Engine {
                     };
 
                     if let Some(f) = func {
-                        if cache.filter.is_absent(hash) {
+                        if cache.filter.is_absent_and_set(hash) {
                             // Do not cache "one-hit wonders"
-                            cache.filter.mark(hash);
                             local_entry = CallableFunction::from_fn_builtin(f);
                             &local_entry
                         } else {
diff --git a/src/func/call.rs b/src/func/call.rs
index 41aa19a6..7adcded8 100644
--- a/src/func/call.rs
+++ b/src/func/call.rs
@@ -237,9 +237,8 @@ impl Engine {
                             func: f.clone(),
                             source: s.map(|s| Box::new(s.into())),
                         });
-                        return if cache.filter.is_absent(hash) {
+                        return if cache.filter.is_absent_and_set(hash) {
                             // Do not cache "one-hit wonders"
-                            cache.filter.mark(hash);
                             *local_entry = new_entry;
                             local_entry.as_ref()
                         } else {
@@ -299,9 +298,8 @@ impl Engine {
                             }
                         });
 
-                        return if cache.filter.is_absent(hash) {
+                        return if cache.filter.is_absent_and_set(hash) {
                             // Do not cache "one-hit wonders"
-                            cache.filter.mark(hash);
                             *local_entry = builtin;
                             local_entry.as_ref()
                         } else {
diff --git a/src/types/bloom_filter.rs b/src/types/bloom_filter.rs
index d7bc9f25..61a1d360 100644
--- a/src/types/bloom_filter.rs
+++ b/src/types/bloom_filter.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct BloomFilterU64([usize; SIZE]);
 impl BloomFilterU64 {
     /// Get the bit position of a `u64` hash value.
     #[inline(always)]
+    #[must_use]
     const fn calc_hash(value: u64) -> (usize, usize) {
         let hash = (value & 0x00ff) as usize;
         (hash / 64, 0x01 << (hash % 64))
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ impl BloomFilterU64 {
     #[inline(always)]
     #[must_use]
     pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.0.iter().all(|&v| v == 0)
+        self.0 == [0; SIZE]
     }
     /// Clear this [`BloomFilterU64`].
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ impl BloomFilterU64 {
         self
     }
     /// Mark a `u64` hash into this [`BloomFilterU64`].
-    #[inline(always)]
+    #[inline]
     pub fn mark(&mut self, hash: u64) -> &mut Self {
         let (offset, mask) = Self::calc_hash(hash);
         self.0[offset] |= mask;
@@ -54,10 +55,21 @@ impl BloomFilterU64 {
     }
     /// Is a `u64` hash definitely absent from this [`BloomFilterU64`]?
     #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
     pub const fn is_absent(&self, hash: u64) -> bool {
         let (offset, mask) = Self::calc_hash(hash);
         (self.0[offset] & mask) == 0
     }
+    /// If a `u64` hash is absent from this [`BloomFilterU64`], return `true` and then mark it.
+    /// Otherwise return `false`.
+    #[inline]
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn is_absent_and_set(&mut self, hash: u64) -> bool {
+        let (offset, mask) = Self::calc_hash(hash);
+        let result = (self.0[offset] & mask) == 0;
+        self.0[offset] |= mask;
+        result
+    }
 }
 
 impl Add for &BloomFilterU64 {