diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 51d2c123d..b4a09fcf3 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def test_fastsam(task='segment', model=WEIGHTS_DIR / 'FastSAM-s.pt', data='coco8
 
     from ultralytics import FastSAM
     from ultralytics.models.fastsam import FastSAMPrompt
+    from ultralytics.models.sam import Predictor
 
     # Create a FastSAM model
     sam_model = FastSAM(model)  # or FastSAM-x.pt
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ def test_fastsam(task='segment', model=WEIGHTS_DIR / 'FastSAM-s.pt', data='coco8
     # Run inference on an image
     everything_results = sam_model(source, device='cpu', retina_masks=True, imgsz=1024, conf=0.4, iou=0.9)
 
+    # Remove small regions
+    new_masks, _ = Predictor.remove_small_regions(everything_results[0].masks.data, min_area=20)
+
     # Everything prompt
     prompt_process = FastSAMPrompt(source, everything_results, device='cpu')
     ann = prompt_process.everything_prompt()
diff --git a/ultralytics/models/sam/predict.py b/ultralytics/models/sam/predict.py
index 221d3ce4e..5f0a97894 100644
--- a/ultralytics/models/sam/predict.py
+++ b/ultralytics/models/sam/predict.py
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ class Predictor(BasePredictor):
             masks (torch.Tensor): Masks, (N, H, W).
             min_area (int): Minimum area threshold.
             nms_thresh (float): NMS threshold.
+        Returns:
+            new_masks (torch.Tensor): New Masks, (N, H, W).
+            keep (List[int]): The indices of the new masks, which can be used to filter
+                the corresponding boxes.
         """
         if len(masks) == 0:
             return masks
@@ -382,7 +386,7 @@ class Predictor(BasePredictor):
         new_masks = []
         scores = []
         for mask in masks:
-            mask = mask.cpu().numpy()
+            mask = mask.cpu().numpy().astype(np.uint8)
             mask, changed = remove_small_regions(mask, min_area, mode='holes')
             unchanged = not changed
             mask, changed = remove_small_regions(mask, min_area, mode='islands')
@@ -402,9 +406,4 @@ class Predictor(BasePredictor):
             nms_thresh,
         )
 
-        # Only recalculate masks for masks that have changed
-        for i in keep:
-            if scores[i] == 0.0:
-                masks[i] = new_masks[i]
-
-        return masks[keep]
+        return new_masks[keep].to(device=masks.device, dtype=masks.dtype), keep