diff --git a/tensorflow/python/keras/datasets/reuters.py b/tensorflow/python/keras/datasets/reuters.py
index 0daa1c23060..560b697dff2 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/keras/datasets/reuters.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/keras/datasets/reuters.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def load_data(path='reuters.npz',
       path,
       origin=origin_folder + 'reuters.npz',
       file_hash='87aedbeb0cb229e378797a632c1997b6')
-  with np.load(path) as f:
+  with np.load(path, allow_pickle=True) as f:
     xs, labels = f['x'], f['y']
 
   np.random.seed(seed)