diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 9a6f3c3c57..29ac90ea8e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from django.core.paginator import Page
 from django.http.multipartparser import parse_header
 from django.template import engines, loader
-from django.test.client import encode_multipart
 from django.urls import NoReverseMatch
 from django.utils.html import mark_safe
 
@@ -902,6 +901,8 @@ class MultiPartRenderer(BaseRenderer):
     BOUNDARY = 'BoUnDaRyStRiNg'
 
     def render(self, data, accepted_media_type=None, renderer_context=None):
+        from django.test.client import encode_multipart
+
         if hasattr(data, 'items'):
             for key, value in data.items():
                 assert not isinstance(value, dict), (