diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/internals/objects_usage.rst b/doc/source/contributor/internals/objects_usage.rst
index 106fcbc042f..d7b92dde351 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/internals/objects_usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/internals/objects_usage.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ using example of DNSNameServer:
 
     # for fetching objects with substrings in a string field:
     from neutron.objects import utils as obj_utils
-    dnses = DNSNameServer.get_objects(context, address=obj_utils.StringMatchingContains('10.0.0'))
+    dnses = DNSNameServer.get_objects(context, address=obj_utils.StringContains('10.0.0'))
     # will return list of all dns name servers from DB that has '10.0.0' in their addresses
 
     # to update fields:
diff --git a/neutron/objects/utils.py b/neutron/objects/utils.py
index d3d50be891f..d761ddf4dd3 100644
--- a/neutron/objects/utils.py
+++ b/neutron/objects/utils.py
@@ -26,18 +26,17 @@ def convert_filters(**kwargs):
 
 
 class StringMatchingFilterObj(object):
-
     @property
     def is_contains(self):
-        return bool(getattr(self, "contains"))
+        return bool(getattr(self, "contains", False))
 
     @property
     def is_starts(self):
-        return bool(getattr(self, "starts"))
+        return bool(getattr(self, "starts", False))
 
     @property
     def is_ends(self):
-        return bool(getattr(self, "ends"))
+        return bool(getattr(self, "ends", False))
 
 
 class StringContains(StringMatchingFilterObj):
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/db/test_api.py b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/db/test_api.py
index 7130bcdf69c..5c7c8ec06ce 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/db/test_api.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/db/test_api.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from neutron.db import _model_query as model_query
 from neutron.db import models_v2
 from neutron.objects import base
 from neutron.objects.db import api
+from neutron.objects import utils as obj_utils
 from neutron.tests import base as test_base
 from neutron.tests.unit import testlib_api
 
@@ -98,6 +99,42 @@ class CRUDScenarioTestCase(testlib_api.SqlTestCase):
             self.ctxt, self.model, name='foo', status=None)
         self.assertEqual(obj, new_objs[0])
 
+    def test_get_objects_with_string_matching_filters_contains(self):
+        obj1 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'obj_con_1'})
+        obj2 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'obj_con_2'})
+        obj3 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'obj_3'})
+
+        objs = api.get_objects(
+            self.ctxt, self.model, name=obj_utils.StringContains('con'))
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(objs))
+        self.assertIn(obj1, objs)
+        self.assertIn(obj2, objs)
+        self.assertNotIn(obj3, objs)
+
+    def test_get_objects_with_string_matching_filters_starts(self):
+        obj1 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'pre_obj1'})
+        obj2 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'pre_obj2'})
+        obj3 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'obj_3'})
+
+        objs = api.get_objects(
+            self.ctxt, self.model, name=obj_utils.StringStarts('pre'))
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(objs))
+        self.assertIn(obj1, objs)
+        self.assertIn(obj2, objs)
+        self.assertNotIn(obj3, objs)
+
+    def test_get_objects_with_string_matching_filters_ends(self):
+        obj1 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'obj1_end'})
+        obj2 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'obj2_end'})
+        obj3 = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'obj_3'})
+
+        objs = api.get_objects(
+            self.ctxt, self.model, name=obj_utils.StringEnds('end'))
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(objs))
+        self.assertIn(obj1, objs)
+        self.assertIn(obj2, objs)
+        self.assertNotIn(obj3, objs)
+
     def test_get_object_create_update_delete(self):
         obj = api.create_object(self.ctxt, self.model, {'name': 'foo'})