diff --git a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate.go b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate.go
index 028d66a..94c820b 100644
--- a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate.go
+++ b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 }
 
 // Create is a function that creates a new object or replaces an existing object.
-func Create(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, containerName, objectName string, content io.Reader, opts os.CreateOptsBuilder) os.CreateResult {
+func Create(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, containerName, objectName string, content io.ReadSeeker, opts os.CreateOptsBuilder) os.CreateResult {
 	return os.Create(c, containerName, objectName, content, opts)
 }
 
diff --git a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate_test.go b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate_test.go
index 8ab8029..3431056 100644
--- a/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate_test.go
+++ b/rackspace/objectstorage/v1/objects/delegate_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package objects
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	os "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/objects"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
 	os.HandleCreateTextObjectSuccessfully(t)
 
-	content := bytes.NewBufferString("Did gyre and gimble in the wabe")
+	content := strings.NewReader("Did gyre and gimble in the wabe")
 	options := &os.CreateOpts{ContentType: "text/plain"}
 	res := Create(fake.ServiceClient(), "testContainer", "testObject", content, options)
 	th.AssertNoErr(t, res.Err)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
 	os.HandleCreateTypelessObjectSuccessfully(t)
 
-	content := bytes.NewBufferString("The sky was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.")
+	content := strings.NewReader("The sky was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.")
 	res := Create(fake.ServiceClient(), "testContainer", "testObject", content, &os.CreateOpts{})
 	th.AssertNoErr(t, res.Err)
 }