diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 12975ae49..500018f3d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
             self.fail('invalid_choice', input=data)
 
     def to_representation(self, value):
-        return value
+        return self.choice_strings_to_values[str(value)]
 
 
 class MultipleChoiceField(ChoiceField):
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ class MultipleChoiceField(ChoiceField):
         ])
 
     def to_representation(self, value):
-        return value
+        return [self.choice_strings_to_values[str(item)] for item in value]
 
 
 # File types...
diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 8c50aaba6..3343123f4 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -505,9 +505,11 @@ class TestChoiceField(FieldValues):
         'good': 'good',
     }
     invalid_inputs = {
-        'awful': ['`awful` is not a valid choice.']
+        'amazing': ['`amazing` is not a valid choice.']
+    }
+    outputs = {
+        'good': 'good'
     }
-    outputs = {}
     field = fields.ChoiceField(
         choices=[
             ('poor', 'Poor quality'),
@@ -530,7 +532,10 @@ class TestChoiceFieldWithType(FieldValues):
         5: ['`5` is not a valid choice.'],
         'abc': ['`abc` is not a valid choice.']
     }
-    outputs = {}
+    outputs = {
+        '1': 1,
+        1: 1
+    }
     field = fields.ChoiceField(
         choices=[
             (1, 'Poor quality'),
@@ -553,7 +558,9 @@ class TestChoiceFieldWithListChoices(FieldValues):
     invalid_inputs = {
         'awful': ['`awful` is not a valid choice.']
     }
-    outputs = {}
+    outputs = {
+        'good': 'good'
+    }
     field = fields.ChoiceField(choices=('poor', 'medium', 'good'))