diff --git a/suite/suite.go b/suite/suite.go
index 8a5c0534e..1b19be3bc 100644
--- a/suite/suite.go
+++ b/suite/suite.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -137,16 +138,24 @@ func Run(t *testing.T, suite TestingSuite) {
 	methodFinder := reflect.TypeOf(suite)
 	suiteName := methodFinder.Elem().Name()
 
-	for i := 0; i < methodFinder.NumMethod(); i++ {
-		method := methodFinder.Method(i)
-
-		ok, err := methodFilter(method.Name)
+	var matchMethodRE *regexp.Regexp
+	if *matchMethod != "" {
+		var err error
+		matchMethodRE, err = regexp.Compile(*matchMethod)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "testify: invalid regexp for -m: %s\n", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < methodFinder.NumMethod(); i++ {
+		method := methodFinder.Method(i)
 
-		if !ok {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(method.Name, "Test") {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Apply -testify.m filter
+		if matchMethodRE != nil && !matchMethodRE.MatchString(method.Name) {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -216,15 +225,6 @@ func Run(t *testing.T, suite TestingSuite) {
 	runTests(t, tests)
 }
 
-// Filtering method according to set regular expression
-// specified command-line argument -m
-func methodFilter(name string) (bool, error) {
-	if ok, _ := regexp.MatchString("^Test", name); !ok {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	return regexp.MatchString(*matchMethod, name)
-}
-
 func runTests(t *testing.T, tests []test) {
 	if len(tests) == 0 {
 		t.Log("warning: no tests to run")