From 9098856d46f2bf1a5f191b48b5e7b7e07add4dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janusz Harkot <jh@blueice.pl>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:46:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix DictKey initial value

---
 rest_framework/fields.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index c0f93816a..13301f31b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ class ListField(Field):
 
 class DictField(Field):
     child = _UnvalidatedField()
-    initial = []
+    initial = {}
     default_error_messages = {
         'not_a_dict': _('Expected a dictionary of items but got type "{input_type}".')
     }