diff --git a/lib/fluent/plugin/filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb b/lib/fluent/plugin/filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb
index d0466ed..2ed1f55 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/plugin/filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/plugin/filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb
@@ -308,23 +308,24 @@ def create_time_from_record(record, internal_time)
       return Time.parse(time)
     end
 
-    def filter_stream(tag, es)
-      return es if (es.respond_to?(:empty?) && es.empty?) || !es.is_a?(Fluent::EventStream)
-      new_es = Fluent::MultiEventStream.new
+    def filter(tag, time, record)
       tag_match_data = tag.match(@tag_to_kubernetes_name_regexp_compiled) unless @use_journal
-      tag_metadata = nil
       batch_miss_cache = {}
-      es.each do |time, record|
-        if tag_match_data && tag_metadata.nil?
-          tag_metadata = get_metadata_for_record(tag_match_data['namespace'], tag_match_data['pod_name'], tag_match_data['container_name'],
-            tag_match_data['docker_id'], create_time_from_record(record, time), batch_miss_cache)
-        end
-        metadata = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(tag_metadata)) if tag_metadata
-        if (@use_journal || @use_journal.nil?) &&
-          (j_metadata = get_metadata_for_journal_record(record, time, batch_miss_cache))
-          metadata = j_metadata
-        end
-        if @lookup_from_k8s_field && record.has_key?('kubernetes') && record.has_key?('docker') &&
+      tag_metadata = get_metadata_for_record(
+         tag_match_data['namespace'], 
+         tag_match_data['pod_name'], 
+         tag_match_data['container_name'],
+         tag_match_data['docker_id'], 
+         create_time_from_record(record, time), 
+         batch_miss_cache
+       ) if tag_match_data
+        
+      metadata = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(tag_metadata)) if tag_metadata
+      if (@use_journal || @use_journal.nil?) &&
+        (j_metadata = get_metadata_for_journal_record(record, time, batch_miss_cache))
+        metadata = j_metadata
+      end
+      if @lookup_from_k8s_field && record.has_key?('kubernetes') && record.has_key?('docker') &&
           record['kubernetes'].respond_to?(:has_key?) && record['docker'].respond_to?(:has_key?) &&
           record['kubernetes'].has_key?('namespace_name') &&
           record['kubernetes'].has_key?('pod_name') &&
@@ -334,13 +335,8 @@ def filter_stream(tag, es)
             record['kubernetes']['container_name'], record['docker']['container_id'],
             create_time_from_record(record, time), batch_miss_cache))
             metadata = k_metadata
-        end
-
-        record = record.merge(metadata) if metadata
-        new_es.add(time, record)
       end
-      dump_stats
-      new_es
+      metadata ? record.merge(metadata) : record
     end
 
     def get_metadata_for_journal_record(record, time, batch_miss_cache)
diff --git a/test/plugin/test_filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb b/test/plugin/test_filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb
index b12f278..d900856 100644
--- a/test/plugin/test_filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb
+++ b/test/plugin/test_filter_kubernetes_metadata.rb
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def create_driver(conf = '')
     end
   end
 
-  sub_test_case 'filter_stream' do
+  sub_test_case 'filter' do
 
     def emit(msg={}, config='
           kubernetes_url https://localhost:8443
@@ -149,18 +149,9 @@ def emit_with_tag(tag, msg={}, config='
         ')
       d = create_driver(config)
       d.run(default_tag: tag) {
-        d.feed(@time, msg)
+        d.feed(msg)
       }
-      d.filtered.map{|e| e.last}
-    end
-
-    test 'nil event stream' do
-     #not certain how this is possible but adding test to properly
-     #guard against this condition we have seen - test for nil,
-     #empty, no empty method, not an event stream
-     plugin = create_driver.instance
-     plugin.filter_stream('tag', nil)
-     plugin.filter_stream('tag', Fluent::MultiEventStream.new)
+      d.filtered_records
     end
 
     test 'inability to connect to the api server handles exception and doensnt block pipeline' do