diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 413aa5ded..7ef4ce3d7 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1295,8 +1295,8 @@ class RecursiveField(Field):
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         field_kwargs = dict(
-            (key, value)
-            for key in kwargs 
+            (key, kwargs[key])
+            for key in kwargs
             if key in inspect.getargspec(Field.__init__)
         )
         super(RecursiveField, self).__init__(**field_kwargs)
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ class RecursiveField(Field):
         super(RecursiveField, self).bind(field_name, parent)
 
         real_dict = object.__getattribute__(self, '__dict__')
-        
+
         if hasattr(parent, 'child') and parent.child is self:
             proxy_class = parent.parent.__class__
         else:
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ class RecursiveField(Field):
         else:
             real_dict[name] = value
 
+
 class SerializerMethodField(Field):
     """
     A read-only field that get its representation from calling a method on the
diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 3064a6056..e5ac02f51 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ class TestRecursiveField:
         assert serializer.validated_data == value, \
             'deserialized data does not match input'
 
+
 # Tests for field input and output values.
 # ----------------------------------------