diff --git a/starlette/datastructures.py b/starlette/datastructures.py
index ebef2ebdf..eee3834e0 100644
--- a/starlette/datastructures.py
+++ b/starlette/datastructures.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import tempfile
 import typing
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from shlex import shlex
@@ -428,28 +427,24 @@ class UploadFile:
     An uploaded file included as part of the request data.
     """
 
-    spool_max_size = 1024 * 1024
-    file: typing.BinaryIO
-    headers: "Headers"
-
     def __init__(
         self,
-        filename: str,
-        file: typing.Optional[typing.BinaryIO] = None,
-        content_type: str = "",
+        file: typing.BinaryIO,
         *,
+        filename: typing.Optional[str] = None,
         headers: "typing.Optional[Headers]" = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.filename = filename
-        self.content_type = content_type
-        if file is None:
-            self.file = tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=self.spool_max_size)  # type: ignore[assignment]  # noqa: E501
-        else:
-            self.file = file
+        self.file = file
         self.headers = headers or Headers()
 
+    @property
+    def content_type(self) -> typing.Optional[str]:
+        return self.headers.get("content-type", None)
+
     @property
     def _in_memory(self) -> bool:
+        # check for SpooledTemporaryFile._rolled
         rolled_to_disk = getattr(self.file, "_rolled", True)
         return not rolled_to_disk
 
diff --git a/starlette/formparsers.py b/starlette/formparsers.py
index 53538c814..739befae8 100644
--- a/starlette/formparsers.py
+++ b/starlette/formparsers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import typing
 from enum import Enum
+from tempfile import SpooledTemporaryFile
 from urllib.parse import unquote_plus
 
 from starlette.datastructures import FormData, Headers, UploadFile
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
 
 
 class MultiPartParser:
+    max_file_size = 1024 * 1024
+
     def __init__(
         self, headers: Headers, stream: typing.AsyncGenerator[bytes, None]
     ) -> None:
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ def on_end(self) -> None:
 
     async def parse(self) -> FormData:
         # Parse the Content-Type header to get the multipart boundary.
-        content_type, params = parse_options_header(self.headers["Content-Type"])
+        _, params = parse_options_header(self.headers["Content-Type"])
         charset = params.get(b"charset", "utf-8")
         if type(charset) == bytes:
             charset = charset.decode("latin-1")
@@ -186,7 +189,6 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
         header_field = b""
         header_value = b""
         content_disposition = None
-        content_type = b""
         field_name = ""
         data = b""
         file: typing.Optional[UploadFile] = None
@@ -202,7 +204,6 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
             for message_type, message_bytes in messages:
                 if message_type == MultiPartMessage.PART_BEGIN:
                     content_disposition = None
-                    content_type = b""
                     data = b""
                     item_headers = []
                 elif message_type == MultiPartMessage.HEADER_FIELD:
@@ -213,8 +214,6 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
                     field = header_field.lower()
                     if field == b"content-disposition":
                         content_disposition = header_value
-                    elif field == b"content-type":
-                        content_type = header_value
                     item_headers.append((field, header_value))
                     header_field = b""
                     header_value = b""
@@ -229,9 +228,10 @@ async def parse(self) -> FormData:
                         )
                     if b"filename" in options:
                         filename = _user_safe_decode(options[b"filename"], charset)
+                        tempfile = SpooledTemporaryFile(max_size=self.max_file_size)
                         file = UploadFile(
+                            file=tempfile,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
                             filename=filename,
-                            content_type=content_type.decode("latin-1"),
                             headers=Headers(raw=item_headers),
                         )
                     else:
diff --git a/tests/test_datastructures.py b/tests/test_datastructures.py
index b87b26e22..16f9da4a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_datastructures.py
+++ b/tests/test_datastructures.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import io
+from tempfile import SpooledTemporaryFile
+from typing import BinaryIO
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -269,20 +271,6 @@ def test_queryparams():
     assert QueryParams(q) == q
 
 
-class BigUploadFile(UploadFile):
-    spool_max_size = 1024
-
-
-@pytest.mark.anyio
-async def test_upload_file():
-    big_file = BigUploadFile("big-file")
-    await big_file.write(b"big-data" * 512)
-    await big_file.write(b"big-data")
-    await big_file.seek(0)
-    assert await big_file.read(1024) == b"big-data" * 128
-    await big_file.close()
-
-
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_upload_file_file_input():
     """Test passing file/stream into the UploadFile constructor"""
@@ -295,6 +283,28 @@ async def test_upload_file_file_input():
     assert await file.read() == b"data and more data!"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("max_size", [1, 1024], ids=["rolled", "unrolled"])
+async def test_uploadfile_rolling(max_size: int) -> None:
+    """Test that we can r/w to a SpooledTemporaryFile
+    managed by UploadFile before and after it rolls to disk
+    """
+    stream: BinaryIO = SpooledTemporaryFile(  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        max_size=max_size
+    )
+    file = UploadFile(filename="file", file=stream)
+    assert await file.read() == b""
+    await file.write(b"data")
+    assert await file.read() == b""
+    await file.seek(0)
+    assert await file.read() == b"data"
+    await file.write(b" more")
+    assert await file.read() == b""
+    await file.seek(0)
+    assert await file.read() == b"data more"
+    await file.close()
+
+
 def test_formdata():
     stream = io.BytesIO(b"data")
     upload = UploadFile(filename="file", file=stream)