diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/domain_remap.py b/swift/common/middleware/domain_remap.py
index 81798303a9..f9fee98208 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/domain_remap.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/domain_remap.py
@@ -32,15 +32,18 @@ class DomainRemapMiddleware(object):
     def __init__(self, app, conf):
         self.app = app
         self.storage_domain = conf.get('storage_domain', 'example.com')
+        if self.storage_domain and self.storage_domain[0] != '.':
+            self.storage_domain = '.' + self.storage_domain
         self.path_root = conf.get('path_root', 'v1').strip('/')
 
     def __call__(self, env, start_response):
+        if not self.storage_domain:
+            return self.app(env, start_response)
         given_domain = env['HTTP_HOST']
         port = ''
         if ':' in given_domain:
             given_domain, port = given_domain.rsplit(':', 1)
-        if given_domain != self.storage_domain and \
-            given_domain.endswith(self.storage_domain):
+        if given_domain.endswith(self.storage_domain):
             parts_to_parse = given_domain[:-len(self.storage_domain)]
             parts_to_parse = parts_to_parse.strip('.').split('.')
             len_parts_to_parse = len(parts_to_parse)
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_domain_remap.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_domain_remap.py
index 35d6b2ed38..841680be38 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_domain_remap.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_domain_remap.py
@@ -87,5 +87,20 @@ class TestDomainRemap(unittest.TestCase):
         resp = self.app(req.environ, start_response)
         self.assertEquals(resp, '/v1/a/c/obj')
 
+    def test_domain_remap_account_matching_ending_not_domain(self):
+        req = Request.blank('/dontchange', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'},
+                            headers={'Host': 'c.aexample.com'})
+        resp = self.app(req.environ, start_response)
+        self.assertEquals(resp, '/dontchange')
+
+    def test_domain_remap_configured_with_empty_storage_domain(self):
+        self.app = domain_remap.DomainRemapMiddleware(FakeApp(),
+                                                      {'storage_domain': ''})
+        req = Request.blank('/test', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'GET'},
+                            headers={'Host': 'c.a.example.com'})
+        resp = self.app(req.environ, start_response)
+        self.assertEquals(resp, '/test')
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()
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+    unittest.main()