diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/edit.py b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/edit.py
index 0adcb15..e6113b0 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/edit.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/edit.py
@@ -3,10 +3,20 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django import forms
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils.unittest import expectedFailure
+from django.views.generic.edit import FormMixin
 
 from regressiontests.generic_views.models import Artist, Author
 from regressiontests.generic_views import views
 
+class FormMixinTests(TestCase):
+    def test_initial_not_shared(self):
+        initial = FormMixin().get_initial()
+        initial['foo'] = 'bar'
+
+        fresh_initial = FormMixin().get_initial()
+
+        self.assertNotEqual(initial, fresh_initial)
+
 class ModelFormMixinTests(TestCase):
     def test_get_form(self):
         form_class = views.AuthorGetQuerySetFormView().get_form_class()
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py
index a4010aa..cc8b15b 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/generic_views/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from regressiontests.generic_views.base import ViewTest, TemplateViewTest, RedirectViewTest
 from regressiontests.generic_views.dates import ArchiveIndexViewTests, YearArchiveViewTests, MonthArchiveViewTests, WeekArchiveViewTests, DayArchiveViewTests, DateDetailViewTests
 from regressiontests.generic_views.detail import DetailViewTest
-from regressiontests.generic_views.edit import ModelFormMixinTests, CreateViewTests, UpdateViewTests, DeleteViewTests
+from regressiontests.generic_views.edit import FormMixinTests, ModelFormMixinTests, CreateViewTests, UpdateViewTests, DeleteViewTests
 from regressiontests.generic_views.list import ListViewTests