diff --git a/django/core/files/uploadedfile.py b/django/core/files/uploadedfile.py
index bf5848421d..9287a1bec8 100644
--- a/django/core/files/uploadedfile.py
+++ b/django/core/files/uploadedfile.py
@@ -96,9 +96,17 @@ class UploadedFile(object):
     filename = deprecated_property(old="filename", new="name")
     file_name = deprecated_property(old="file_name", new="name")
     file_size = deprecated_property(old="file_size", new="size")
-    data = deprecated_property(old="data", new="read", readonly=True)
     chunk = deprecated_property(old="chunk", new="chunks", readonly=True)
 
+    def _get_data(self):
+        warnings.warn(
+            message = "UploadedFile.data is deprecated; use UploadedFile.read() instead.",
+            category = DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel = 2
+        )
+        return self.read()
+    data = property(_get_data)
+
     def multiple_chunks(self, chunk_size=None):
         """
         Returns ``True`` if you can expect multiple chunks.