diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index c8f65db0e..01ba6225c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ class DecimalField(Field):
         if value in (decimal.Decimal('Inf'), decimal.Decimal('-Inf')):
             self.fail('invalid')
 
-        return self.quantize(self.validate_precision(value))
+        return self.validate_precision(self.quantize(value))
 
     def validate_precision(self, value):
         """