Index: src/bp-activity/classes/class-bp-activity-activity.php
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--- src/bp-activity/classes/class-bp-activity-activity.php
+++ src/bp-activity/classes/class-bp-activity-activity.php
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 		// Excluded types
 		$excluded_types = array();
 
-		// Scope takes precedence
+		// Scope parsing
 		if ( ! empty( $r['scope'] ) ) {
 			$scope_query = self::get_scope_query_sql( $r['scope'], $r );
 
@@ -365,9 +365,10 @@
 			if ( ! empty( $scope_query['override'] ) ) {
 				$r = self::array_replace_recursive( $r, $scope_query['override'] );
 			}
+		}
 
 		// Advanced filtering
-		} elseif ( ! empty( $r['filter_query'] ) ) {
+		if ( ! empty( $r['filter_query'] ) ) {
 			$filter_query = new BP_Activity_Query( $r['filter_query'] );
 			$sql          = $filter_query->get_sql();
 			if ( ! empty( $sql ) ) {