diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/storage.py b/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/storage.py
index c54ed9a0585..5e2d234558a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/storage.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/tests/wizard/storage.py
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from importlib import import_module
+import os
+import tempfile
 
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.conf import settings
-
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
+from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
+
+
+temp_storage_location = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=os.environ.get('DJANGO_TEST_TEMP_DIR'))
+temp_storage = FileSystemStorage(location=temp_storage_location)
 
 
 def get_request():
@@ -85,3 +92,17 @@ class TestStorage(object):
         storage.extra_data['test'] = True
 
         self.assertTrue('test' in storage.extra_data)
+
+    def test_reset_deletes_tmp_files(self):
+        request = get_request()
+        storage = self.get_storage()('wizard1', request, temp_storage)
+
+        step = 'start'
+        file_ = SimpleUploadedFile('file.txt', b'content')
+        storage.set_step_files(step, {'file': file_})
+
+        tmp_name = storage.get_step_files(step)['file'].name
+        self.assertTrue(storage.file_storage.exists(tmp_name))
+
+        storage.reset()
+        self.assertFalse(storage.file_storage.exists(tmp_name))
diff --git a/django/contrib/formtools/wizard/storage/base.py b/django/contrib/formtools/wizard/storage/base.py
index 2f73e766eb2..d58cab00399 100644
--- a/django/contrib/formtools/wizard/storage/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/formtools/wizard/storage/base.py
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ class BaseStorage(object):
         }
 
     def reset(self):
+        # Delete temporary files before breaking reference to them.
+        wizard_files = self.data[self.step_files_key]
+        for step_files in six.itervalues(wizard_files):
+            for step_file in six.itervalues(step_files):
+                self.file_storage.delete(step_file['tmp_name'])
         self.init_data()
 
     def _get_current_step(self):
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt
index c8caed746ab..1506b3c1892 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/formtools/form-wizard.txt
@@ -629,9 +629,9 @@ storage class <builtin-fs-storage>`)::
 
 .. warning::
 
-    Please remember to take care of removing old files as the
-    :class:`WizardView` won't remove any files, whether the wizard gets
-    finished correctly or not.
+    Please remember to take care of removing old temporary files, as the
+    :class:`WizardView` will only remove these files if the wizard finishes
+    correctly.
 
 Conditionally view/skip specific steps
 ======================================