From 19bcc3c86539e215e5668fac93cfc25e63166a3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Savchenko <pasha.savchenko@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 08:51:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] use getattr to choose the pk field

---
 rest_framework/serializers.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 47c544b39..5443d2d67 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ class BaseSerializer(Field):
         for key, val in fields.items():
             if key not in ret:
                 ret[key] = val
-            if val.source.primary_key:
-                pk_field = key
+            try:
+                if getattr(val.source, primary_key):
+                    pk_field = key
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
 
         # If 'fields' is specified, use those fields, in that order.
         if self.opts.fields: