diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index a1b9f546a..6be633dba 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class DecimalField(WritableField):
     def __init__(self, max_value=None, min_value=None, max_digits=None, decimal_places=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.max_value, self.min_value = max_value, min_value
         self.max_digits, self.decimal_places = max_digits, decimal_places
-        super(DecimalField, self).__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        super(DecimalField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
         if max_value is not None:
             self.validators.append(validators.MaxValueValidator(max_value))