diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 099a2ae49..5bcb8efdc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@
 
 
           <regex><pattern>.*.filters.IntMatchFilter</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>90</lineRate></regex>
-          <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressElement</pattern><branchRate>69</branchRate><lineRate>78</lineRate></regex>
+          <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressElement</pattern><branchRate>82</branchRate><lineRate>88</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressionCommentFilter</pattern><branchRate>83</branchRate><lineRate>87</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressionCommentFilter\$.*</pattern><branchRate>41</branchRate><lineRate>69</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressionFilter</pattern><branchRate>0</branchRate><lineRate>0</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElement.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElement.java
index 205627779..1e8acd56e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElement.java
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@
 
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.filters;
 
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Utils;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AuditEvent;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Filter;
-import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Utils;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
 
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 /**
  * This filter processes {@link com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AuditEvent}
  * objects based on the criteria of file, check, module id, line, and
@@ -41,17 +42,14 @@ import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException;
  */
 public class SuppressElement
     implements Filter {
-    /** hash function multiplicand */
-    private static final int HASH_MULT = 29;
-
     /** the regexp to match file names against */
-    private final Pattern fileRegexp;
+    private final transient Pattern fileRegexp;
 
     /** the pattern for file names*/
     private final String filePattern;
 
     /** the regexp to match check names against */
-    private Pattern checkRegexp;
+    private transient Pattern checkRegexp;
 
     /** the pattern for check class names*/
     private String checkPattern;
@@ -60,13 +58,13 @@ public class SuppressElement
     private String moduleId;
 
     /** line number filter */
-    private CSVFilter lineFilter;
+    private transient CSVFilter lineFilter;
 
     /** CSV for line number filter */
     private String linesCSV;
 
     /** column number filter */
-    private CSVFilter columnFilter;
+    private transient CSVFilter columnFilter;
 
     /** CSV for column number filter */
     private String columnsCSV;
@@ -161,84 +159,24 @@ public class SuppressElement
         return true;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-        return "SuppressElement[files=" + filePattern + ",checks="
-            + checkPattern + ",lines=" + linesCSV + ",columns="
-            + columnsCSV + "]";
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        int result = HASH_MULT * filePattern.hashCode();
-        if (checkPattern != null) {
-            result = HASH_MULT * result + checkPattern.hashCode();
-        }
-        if (moduleId != null) {
-            result = HASH_MULT * result + moduleId.hashCode();
-        }
-        if (linesCSV != null) {
-            result = HASH_MULT * result + linesCSV.hashCode();
-        }
-        if (columnsCSV != null) {
-            result = HASH_MULT * result + columnsCSV.hashCode();
-        }
-        return result;
+        return Objects.hash(filePattern, checkPattern, moduleId, linesCSV, columnsCSV);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object object) {
-        if (object instanceof SuppressElement) {
-            final SuppressElement other = (SuppressElement) object;
-
-            // same file pattern?
-            if (!this.filePattern.equals(other.filePattern)) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // same check pattern?
-            if (checkPattern != null) {
-                if (!checkPattern.equals(other.checkPattern)) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (other.checkPattern != null) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // same module id?
-            if (moduleId != null) {
-                if (!moduleId.equals(other.moduleId)) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (other.moduleId != null) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // same line number filter?
-            if (lineFilter != null) {
-                if (!lineFilter.equals(other.lineFilter)) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (other.lineFilter != null) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // same column number filter?
-            if (columnFilter != null) {
-                if (!columnFilter.equals(other.columnFilter)) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (other.columnFilter != null) {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            // everything is the same
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) {
             return true;
         }
-        return false;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        final SuppressElement that = (SuppressElement) o;
+        return Objects.equals(filePattern, that.filePattern)
+                && Objects.equals(checkPattern, that.checkPattern)
+                && Objects.equals(moduleId, that.moduleId)
+                && Objects.equals(linesCSV, that.linesCSV)
+                && Objects.equals(columnsCSV, that.columnsCSV);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElementTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElementTest.java
index 3b60491b2..718160fdb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElementTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/filters/SuppressElementTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.AuditEvent;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.LocalizedMessage;
 import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
+
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.EqualsVerifier;
+import nl.jqno.equalsverifier.Warning;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -103,4 +106,12 @@ public class SuppressElementTest {
         filter2.setColumns("1-10");
         assertEquals("filter, filter2", filter, filter2);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEqualsAndHashCode() {
+        EqualsVerifier.forClass(SuppressElement.class)
+                .usingGetClass()
+                .suppress(Warning.NONFINAL_FIELDS)
+                .verify();
+    }
 }