diff --git a/src/lightning/pytorch/cli.py b/src/lightning/pytorch/cli.py
index 225296240674a..52bced5b4290a 100644
--- a/src/lightning/pytorch/cli.py
+++ b/src/lightning/pytorch/cli.py
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ def get_automatic(
                 f"`{self.__class__.__name__}.configure_optimizers`."
             )
 
+        self.model.configure_model()
         optimizer = instantiate_class(self.model.parameters(), optimizer_init)
         lr_scheduler = instantiate_class(optimizer, lr_scheduler_init) if lr_scheduler_init else None
         fn = partial(self.configure_optimizers, optimizer=optimizer, lr_scheduler=lr_scheduler)