diff --git a/lib/rest/rest.go b/lib/rest/rest.go
index dd0b3004d..0796c3e43 100644
--- a/lib/rest/rest.go
+++ b/lib/rest/rest.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/readers"
 )
 
 // Client contains the info to sustain the API
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ func (api *Client) Call(opts *Opts) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 	if opts.Parameters != nil && len(opts.Parameters) > 0 {
 		url += "?" + opts.Parameters.Encode()
 	}
-	body := opts.Body
+	body := readers.NoCloser(opts.Body)
 	// If length is set and zero then nil out the body to stop use
 	// use of chunked encoding and insert a "Content-Length: 0"
 	// header.