diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index d7e7816ce..dff9253a9 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
         # Allows us to deal with eg. integer choices while supporting either
         # integer or string input, but still get the correct datatype out.
         self.choice_strings_to_values = {
-            str(key): key for key in self.choices
+            str(key): value for key, value in self.choices.items()
         }
 
     choices = property(_get_choices, _set_choices)