diff --git a/neutron/objects/qos/rule.py b/neutron/objects/qos/rule.py
index 67b332e9e4d..3f188fe67e4 100644
--- a/neutron/objects/qos/rule.py
+++ b/neutron/objects/qos/rule.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import abc
 import sys
 
 from neutron_lib import constants
+from oslo_utils import versionutils
 from oslo_versionedobjects import base as obj_base
+from oslo_versionedobjects import exception
 from oslo_versionedobjects import fields as obj_fields
 import six
 
@@ -107,4 +109,11 @@ class QosDscpMarkingRule(QosRule):
         DSCP_MARK: common_types.DscpMarkField(),
     }
 
-    rule_type = qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARK
+    rule_type = qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING
+
+    def obj_make_compatible(self, primitive, target_version):
+        _target_version = versionutils.convert_version_to_tuple(target_version)
+        if _target_version < (1, 1):
+            raise exception.IncompatibleObjectVersion(
+                                 objver=target_version,
+                                 objname="QosDscpMarkingRule")
diff --git a/neutron/objects/qos/rule_type.py b/neutron/objects/qos/rule_type.py
index 8014a2edd45..6e1da707bf4 100644
--- a/neutron/objects/qos/rule_type.py
+++ b/neutron/objects/qos/rule_type.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class QosRuleType(base.NeutronObject):
     # Version 1.1: Added DscpMarkingRule
     VERSION = '1.1'
 
-    #TODO(davidsha) add obj_make_compatible and associated tests.
     fields = {
         'type': RuleTypeField(),
     }
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/mech_driver/mech_openvswitch.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/mech_driver/mech_openvswitch.py
index 22c8ad451a0..88740debf78 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/mech_driver/mech_openvswitch.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/openvswitch/mech_driver/mech_openvswitch.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class OpenvswitchMechanismDriver(mech_agent.SimpleAgentMechanismDriverBase):
     """
 
     supported_qos_rule_types = [qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT,
-                                qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARK]
+                                qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING]
 
     def __init__(self):
         sg_enabled = securitygroups_rpc.is_firewall_enabled()
diff --git a/neutron/services/qos/qos_consts.py b/neutron/services/qos/qos_consts.py
index 662857a893d..3f3d864257e 100644
--- a/neutron/services/qos/qos_consts.py
+++ b/neutron/services/qos/qos_consts.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 RULE_TYPE_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT = 'bandwidth_limit'
-RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARK = 'dscp_marking'
-VALID_RULE_TYPES = [RULE_TYPE_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT, RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARK]
+RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING = 'dscp_marking'
+VALID_RULE_TYPES = [RULE_TYPE_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT, RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING]
 
 QOS_POLICY_ID = 'qos_policy_id'
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/fullstack/test_qos.py b/neutron/tests/fullstack/test_qos.py
index 3662f7eba84..98816c13809 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/fullstack/test_qos.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/fullstack/test_qos.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class TestDscpMarkingQoS(BaseQoSRuleTestCase):
         rule = self.safe_client.create_dscp_marking_rule(
             self.tenant_id, qos_policy_id, dscp_mark)
         # Make it consistent with GET reply
-        rule['type'] = qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARK
+        rule['type'] = qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING
         rule['qos_policy_id'] = qos_policy_id
         qos_policy['rules'].append(rule)
 
diff --git a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_qos.py b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_qos.py
index 6c6a95a5842..313715d042c 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_qos.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_qos.py
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class QosDscpMarkingRuleTestJSON(base.BaseAdminNetworkTest):
         policy_rules = retrieved_policy['policy']['rules']
         self.assertEqual(1, len(policy_rules))
         self.assertEqual(rule['id'], policy_rules[0]['id'])
-        self.assertEqual(qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARK,
+        self.assertEqual(qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING,
                          policy_rules[0]['type'])
 
     @test.idempotent_id('08553ffe-030f-4037-b486-7e0b8fb9385a')
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_policy.py b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_policy.py
index 51336a65bdb..81725afda7e 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_policy.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_policy.py
@@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ class QosPolicyDbObjectTestCase(test_base.BaseDbObjectTestCase,
 
         self.assertIn(rule_obj_band, policy_obj_v1_1.rules)
         self.assertIn(rule_obj_dscp, policy_obj_v1_1.rules)
-        self.assertEqual(policy_obj.VERSION, '1.1')
 
-    #TODO(davidsha) add testing for object version incrementation
     def test_object_version_degradation_1_1_to_1_0(self):
+        #NOTE(mangelajo): we should not check .VERSION, since that's the
+        #                 local version on the class definition
         policy_obj, rule_obj_band, rule_obj_dscp = (
             self._create_test_policy_with_bw_and_dscp())
 
@@ -395,8 +395,6 @@ class QosPolicyDbObjectTestCase(test_base.BaseDbObjectTestCase,
 
         self.assertIn(rule_obj_band, policy_obj_v1_0.rules)
         self.assertNotIn(rule_obj_dscp, policy_obj_v1_0.rules)
-        #NOTE(mangelajo): we should not check .VERSION, since that's the
-        #                 local version on the class definition
 
     def test_filter_by_shared(self):
         policy_obj = policy.QosPolicy(
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule.py b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule.py
index 60c56e290f9..18d7b69a29a 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 from neutron_lib import constants
 
+from oslo_versionedobjects import exception
+
 from neutron.objects.qos import policy
 from neutron.objects.qos import rule
 from neutron.services.qos import qos_consts
@@ -91,6 +93,19 @@ class QosDscpMarkingRuleObjectTestCase(test_base.BaseObjectIfaceTestCase):
 
     _test_class = rule.QosDscpMarkingRule
 
+    def test_dscp_object_version_degradation(self):
+        dscp_rule = rule.QosDscpMarkingRule()
+
+        self.assertRaises(exception.IncompatibleObjectVersion,
+                     dscp_rule.obj_to_primitive, '1.0')
+
+    def test_dscp_object_version(self):
+        dscp_rule = rule.QosDscpMarkingRule()
+
+        prim = dscp_rule.obj_to_primitive('1.1')
+
+        self.assertTrue(prim)
+
 
 class QosDscpMarkingRuleDbObjectTestCase(test_base.BaseDbObjectTestCase,
                                          testlib_api.SqlTestCase):
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule_type.py b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule_type.py
index b9a31590395..67fc0ef3089 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule_type.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/objects/qos/test_rule_type.py
@@ -44,3 +44,19 @@ class QosRuleTypeObjectTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_wrong_type(self):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, rule_type.QosRuleType, type='bad_type')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _policy_through_version(obj, version):
+        primitive = obj.obj_to_primitive(target_version=version)
+        return rule_type.QosRuleType.clean_obj_from_primitive(primitive)
+
+    def test_object_version(self):
+        qos_rule_type = rule_type.QosRuleType()
+        rule_type_v1_1 = self._policy_through_version(qos_rule_type, '1.1')
+
+        self.assertIn(qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT,
+                      tuple(rule_type_v1_1.fields['type'].AUTO_TYPE.
+                      _valid_values))
+        self.assertIn(qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING,
+                      tuple(rule_type_v1_1.fields['type'].AUTO_TYPE.
+                      _valid_values))
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/dscp-qos-77ea9b27d3762e48.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/dscp-qos-77ea9b27d3762e48.yaml
index 85664d9cbdc..5b4a1f2fab1 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/dscp-qos-77ea9b27d3762e48.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/dscp-qos-77ea9b27d3762e48.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ prelude: >
 features:
   - Neutron can apply a QoS rule to ports that mark outgoing
     traffic's type of service packet header field.
-  - The Open vSwitch Neutron agent has been extended to mark the type of
-    service packet header field of packets egressing from the VM when the
+  - The Open vSwitch Neutron agent has been extended to mark the Type of
+    Service IP header field of packets egressing from the VM when the
     QoS rule has been applied.