From c25716a4937cccbefd4259462750d2384eeb144d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan P Kilby <rpkilby@ncsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 06:40:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix setting post/files on the underlying request

---
 rest_framework/request.py | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index 7e4daf274..9d4f73d30 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -278,10 +278,11 @@ class Request(object):
             else:
                 self._full_data = self._data
 
-            # copy data & files refs to the underlying request so that closable
-            # objects are handled appropriately.
-            self._request._post = self.POST
-            self._request._files = self.FILES
+            # if a form media type, copy data & files refs to the underlying
+            # http request so that closable objects are handled appropriately.
+            if is_form_media_type(self.content_type):
+                self._request._post = self.POST
+                self._request._files = self.FILES
 
     def _load_stream(self):
         """