diff --git a/rest_framework/parsers.py b/rest_framework/parsers.py
index 64262b3b6..b16df4f11 100644
--- a/rest_framework/parsers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/parsers.py
@@ -95,10 +95,9 @@ class MessagePackParser(BaseParser):
         `files` will always be `None`.
         """
         try:
-            return msgpack.Unpacker(
-                stream,
+            return msgpack.unpackb(stream,
                 use_list=True,
-                object_hook=self._decode_object).unpack()
+                object_hook=self._decode_object)
         except Exception, exc:
             raise ParseError('MessagePack parse error - %s' % unicode(exc))
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py b/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py
index 185bebfdb..0b8317e6b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/renderers.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ if msgpack:
             parser = MessagePackParser()
 
             content = renderer.render(obj, 'application/msgpack')
-            data = parser.parse(StringIO(content))
+            data = parser.parse(content)
             self.assertEquals(obj, data)