diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index aab80982a..e77817b5c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ class IntegerField(Field):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         max_value = kwargs.pop('max_value', None)
         min_value = kwargs.pop('min_value', None)
+        kwargs.pop('max_length', None)  # valid, but ignored.
         super(IntegerField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
         if max_value is not None:
             message = self.error_messages['max_value'].format(max_value=max_value)
diff --git a/tests/test_model_serializer.py b/tests/test_model_serializer.py
index da79164af..0b54764cb 100644
--- a/tests/test_model_serializer.py
+++ b/tests/test_model_serializer.py
@@ -609,3 +609,21 @@ class TestSerializerMetaClass(TestCase):
             str(exception),
             "Cannot set both 'fields' and 'exclude'."
         )
+
+
+class MaxIntLengthModel(models.Model):
+    count = models.IntegerField()
+
+
+class TestIntegerMaxLength(TestCase):
+    def test_max_length(self):
+        class BasicModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            class Meta:
+                model = MaxIntLengthModel
+                fields = ('count',)
+
+        expected = dedent("""
+            BasicModelSerializer():
+                count = IntegerField()
+        """)
+        self.assertEqual(repr(BasicModelSerializer()), expected)