1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index cfbbdecc..c4de9424 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.http.multipartparser import parse_header
+from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
 from django.utils.datastructures import MergeDict as DjangoMergeDict
-from django.utils.six import BytesIO
 from rest_framework import HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING
 from rest_framework import exceptions
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
+import sys
 import warnings
 
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ class Request(object):
         elif hasattr(self._request, 'read'):
             self._stream = self._request
         else:
-            self._stream = BytesIO(self.raw_post_data)
+            self._stream = six.BytesIO(self.raw_post_data)
 
     def _perform_form_overloading(self):
         """
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ class Request(object):
             self._CONTENTTYPE_PARAM in self._data
         ):
             self._content_type = self._data[self._CONTENTTYPE_PARAM]
-            self._stream = BytesIO(self._data[self._CONTENT_PARAM].encode(self.parser_context['encoding']))
+            self._stream = six.BytesIO(self._data[self._CONTENT_PARAM].encode(self.parser_context['encoding']))
             self._data, self._files, self._full_data = (Empty, Empty, Empty)
 
     def _parse(self):
@@ -485,8 +486,16 @@ class Request(object):
         else:
             self.auth = None
 
-    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+    def __getattribute__(self, attr):
         """
-        Proxy other attributes to the underlying HttpRequest object.
+        If an attribute does not exist on this instance, then we also attempt
+        to proxy it to the underlying HttpRequest object.
         """
-        return getattr(self._request, attr)
+        try:
+            return super(Request, self).__getattribute__(attr)
+        except AttributeError:
+            info = sys.exc_info()
+            try:
+                return getattr(self._request, attr)
+            except AttributeError:
+                six.reraise(info[0], info[1], info[2].tb_next)