diff --git a/django_filters/filterset.py b/django_filters/filterset.py
index 2ab9db142..3c3d67d2e 100644
--- a/django_filters/filterset.py
+++ b/django_filters/filterset.py
@@ -212,11 +212,19 @@ def qs(self):
                 # else STRICTNESS.IGNORE...  ignoring
 
             # start with all the results and filter from there
-            qs = self.queryset.all()
+            qs = self.queryset
+            # if qs is a Manager, start a Queryset
+            if isinstance(self.queryset, models.Manager):
+                qs = qs.all()
+
             for name, filter_ in six.iteritems(self.filters):
                 value = self.form.cleaned_data.get(name)
 
                 if value is not None:  # valid & clean data
+                    # undocumented method to treat the current and next filter
+                    # as a single filter.
+                    # https://blog.ionelmc.ro/2014/05/10/django-sticky-queryset-filters/
+                    # https://github.com/carltongibson/django-filter/pull/753
                     qs = qs._next_is_sticky()
                     qs = filter_.filter(qs, value)