diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a930a0e9f2..771aee8e3e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Milton Waddams
     wam-djangobug@wamber.net
     Dan Watson <http://theidioteque.net/>
+    Chris Wesseling <Chris.Wesseling@cwi.nl>
     Rachel Willmer <http://www.willmer.com/kb/>
     Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@gmail.com>
     wojtek
diff --git a/django/newforms/fields.py b/django/newforms/fields.py
index 0f082b9ee3..8e3da03470 100644
--- a/django/newforms/fields.py
+++ b/django/newforms/fields.py
@@ -339,8 +339,9 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
 
     def _set_choices(self, value):
         # Setting choices also sets the choices on the widget.
-        self._choices = value
-        self.widget.choices = value
+        # choices can be any iterable, but we call list() on it because
+        # it will be consumed more than once.
+        self._choices = self.widget.choices = list(value)
 
     choices = property(_get_choices, _set_choices)
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
index c4502b2202..4183002809 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests.py
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ The value is compared to its str():
 </select>
 
 The 'choices' argument can be any iterable:
+>>> from itertools import chain
 >>> def get_choices():
 ...     for i in range(5):
 ...         yield (i, i)
@@ -329,6 +330,17 @@ The 'choices' argument can be any iterable:
 <option value="3">3</option>
 <option value="4">4</option>
 </select>
+>>> things = ({'id': 1, 'name': 'And Boom'}, {'id': 2, 'name': 'One More Thing!'})
+>>> class SomeForm(Form):
+...     somechoice = ChoiceField(choices=chain((('', '-'*9),), [(thing['id'], thing['name']) for thing in things]))
+>>> f = SomeForm()
+>>> f.as_table()
+u'<tr><th><label for="id_somechoice">Somechoice:</label></th><td><select name="somechoice" id="id_somechoice">\n<option value="" selected="selected">---------</option>\n<option value="1">And Boom</option>\n<option value="2">One More Thing!</option>\n</select></td></tr>'
+>>> f.as_table()
+u'<tr><th><label for="id_somechoice">Somechoice:</label></th><td><select name="somechoice" id="id_somechoice">\n<option value="" selected="selected">---------</option>\n<option value="1">And Boom</option>\n<option value="2">One More Thing!</option>\n</select></td></tr>'
+>>> f = SomeForm({'somechoice': 2})
+>>> f.as_table()
+u'<tr><th><label for="id_somechoice">Somechoice:</label></th><td><select name="somechoice" id="id_somechoice">\n<option value="">---------</option>\n<option value="1">And Boom</option>\n<option value="2" selected="selected">One More Thing!</option>\n</select></td></tr>'
 
 You can also pass 'choices' to the constructor:
 >>> w = Select(choices=[(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)])