diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
index 53e76ea6b89e..d9f2b03c3f74 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/dsl/translate.py
@@ -301,9 +301,11 @@ def _drop_dyn_pred_hints(
     ):
         left = _drop_dyn_pred_hints(translator, node.left, schema)
         right = _drop_dyn_pred_hints(translator, node.right, schema)
-        if left is None:
-            return right  # pragma: no cover
-        if right is None:
+        # Which branch is taken depends on where the dynamic predicate lands in
+        # the AND tree, which is nondeterministic.
+        if left is None:  # pragma: no cover
+            return right
+        if right is None:  # pragma: no cover
             return left
         return expr.BinOp(
             DataType(translator.visitor.get_dtype(n)),
diff --git a/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_filter.py b/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_filter.py
index 71781454e70d..113d82729b38 100644
--- a/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_filter.py
+++ b/python/cudf_polars/tests/test_filter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 from __future__ import annotations