diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tracemalloc.py b/Lib/test/test_tracemalloc.py
index 9d3ff8a620b6f2..c9137f91215d31 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tracemalloc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tracemalloc.py
@@ -446,6 +446,13 @@ def test_filter_traces(self):
 
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, snapshot.filter_traces, filter1)
 
+    def test_filter_traces_no_filter_tuple_storage(self):
+        snapshot, _snapshot2 = create_snapshots()
+        snap = tracemalloc.Snapshot(tuple(snapshot.traces._traces),
+                                    snapshot.traceback_limit)
+        snap2 = snap.filter_traces(())
+        self.assertEqual(snap2.traces._traces, list(snap.traces._traces))
+
     def test_filter_traces_domain(self):
         snapshot, snapshot2 = create_snapshots()
         filter1 = tracemalloc.Filter(False, "a.py", domain=1)
diff --git a/Lib/tracemalloc.py b/Lib/tracemalloc.py
index cec99c59700fe0..65cc699a895ee1 100644
--- a/Lib/tracemalloc.py
+++ b/Lib/tracemalloc.py
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ def filter_traces(self, filters):
                                                 exclude_filters,
                                                 trace)]
         else:
-            new_traces = self.traces._traces.copy()
+            new_traces = list(self.traces._traces)
         return Snapshot(new_traces, self.traceback_limit)
 
     def _group_by(self, key_type, cumulative):