diff --git a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
index 41e4ff8fb55..c960e810c0a 100644
--- a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
@@ -686,8 +686,6 @@ class SecurityGroupDbMixin(ext_sg.SecurityGroupPluginBase,
         return sg_id
 
     def _make_security_group_rule_dict(self, security_group_rule, fields=None):
-
-        # TODO(slaweq): switch this to use OVO instead of db object
         res = {'id': security_group_rule['id'],
                'tenant_id': security_group_rule['tenant_id'],
                'security_group_id': security_group_rule['security_group_id'],
@@ -825,10 +823,10 @@ class SecurityGroupDbMixin(ext_sg.SecurityGroupPluginBase,
         # be returned
         rule_objs = sg_obj.SecurityGroupRule.get_objects(
             context_lib.get_admin_context(), _pager=pager,
-            validate_filters=False, **filters
+            validate_filters=False, return_db_obj=True, **filters
         )
         return [
-            self._make_security_group_rule_dict(obj.db_obj, fields)
+            self._make_security_group_rule_dict(obj, fields)
             for obj in rule_objs
         ]
 
diff --git a/neutron/objects/base.py b/neutron/objects/base.py
index c724e44b03d..deec2b53f02 100644
--- a/neutron/objects/base.py
+++ b/neutron/objects/base.py
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ class NeutronDbObject(NeutronObject, metaclass=DeclarativeObject):
 
     @classmethod
     def get_objects(cls, context, _pager=None, validate_filters=True,
-                    fields=None, **kwargs):
+                    fields=None, return_db_obj=False, **kwargs):
         """Fetch a list of objects
 
         Fetch all results from DB and convert them to versioned objects.
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ class NeutronDbObject(NeutronObject, metaclass=DeclarativeObject):
                        avoid loading synthetic fields when possible, and
                        does not affect db queries. Default is None, which
                        is the same as []. Example: ['id', 'name']
+        :param return_db_obj: if 'True', the DB object is returned instead of
+                              the OVO, saving the conversion time.
         :param kwargs: multiple keys defined by key=value pairs
         :return: list of objects of NeutronDbObject class or empty list
         """
@@ -637,6 +639,8 @@ class NeutronDbObject(NeutronObject, metaclass=DeclarativeObject):
         with cls.db_context_reader(context):
             db_objs = obj_db_api.get_objects(
                 cls, context, _pager=_pager, **cls.modify_fields_to_db(kwargs))
+            if return_db_obj:
+                return db_objs
 
             return [cls._load_object(context, db_obj, fields=fields)
                     for db_obj in db_objs]