--- a/django/contrib/postgres/forms/jsonb.py	2016-01-25 19:36:16.159928231 +0000
+++ b/django/contrib/postgres/forms/jsonb.py	2016-01-25 19:23:38.520462385 +0000
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class JSONField(forms.CharField):
         kwargs.setdefault('widget', forms.Textarea)
         super(JSONField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
+    def bound_data(self, data, initial):
+        return json.loads(data)
+
     def to_python(self, value):
         if value in self.empty_values:
             return None