diff --git a/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/ftp.py b/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/ftp.py
index 8550e1b18..1fd763b40 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/ftp.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/ftp.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class ReceivedDataProtocol(Protocol):
         return self.__filename
 
     def close(self):
-        self.body.close() if self.filename else self.body.reset()
+        self.body.close() if self.filename else self.body.seek(0)
 
 _CODE_RE = re.compile("\d+")
 class FTPDownloadHandler(object):
diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_exporter.py b/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_exporter.py
index ce1a56d05..fc5dd82b5 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_exporter.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_contrib_exporter.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class PickleItemExporterTest(BaseItemExporterTest):
         ie.export_item(i1)
         ie.export_item(i2)
         ie.finish_exporting()
-        f.reset()
+        f.seek(0)
         self.assertEqual(pickle.load(f), i1)
         self.assertEqual(pickle.load(f), i2)