diff --git a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/csrf.js b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/csrf.js
index 97c8d0124..6e4bf39a7 100644
--- a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/csrf.js
+++ b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/csrf.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function sameOrigin(url) {
     !(/^(\/\/|http:|https:).*/.test(url));
 }
 
-var csrftoken = getCookie(window.drf.csrfCookieName);
+var csrftoken = window.drf.csrfToken;
 
 $.ajaxSetup({
   beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html
index faa37a586..c3396d648 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/admin.html
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
         <script>
           window.drf = {
             csrfHeaderName: "{{ csrf_header_name|default:'X-CSRFToken' }}",
-            csrfCookieName: "{{ csrf_cookie_name|default:'csrftoken' }}"
+            csrfToken: "{{ csrf_token }}"
           };
         </script>
         <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/jquery-3.3.1.min.js" %}"></script>
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
index eb7a96995..01fa8095c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
       <script>
         window.drf = {
           csrfHeaderName: "{{ csrf_header_name|default:'X-CSRFToken' }}",
-          csrfCookieName: "{{ csrf_cookie_name|default:'csrftoken' }}"
+          csrfToken: "{{ csrf_token }}"
         };
       </script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/jquery-3.3.1.min.js" %}"></script>