diff --git a/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py b/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py
index 40924cbc9ad..d8223303475 100644
--- a/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py
+++ b/monai/networks/nets/densenet.py
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ class DenseNet121(DenseNet):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
+        spatial_dims: int,
+        in_channels: int,
+        out_channels: int,
         init_features: int = 64,
         growth_rate: int = 32,
         block_config: Sequence[int] = (6, 12, 24, 16),
@@ -303,9 +306,17 @@ def __init__(
         progress: bool = True,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(init_features=init_features, growth_rate=growth_rate, block_config=block_config, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            spatial_dims=spatial_dims,
+            in_channels=in_channels,
+            out_channels=out_channels,
+            init_features=init_features,
+            growth_rate=growth_rate,
+            block_config=block_config,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
         if pretrained:
-            if kwargs["spatial_dims"] > 2:
+            if spatial_dims > 2:
                 raise NotImplementedError(
                     "Parameter `spatial_dims` is > 2 ; currently PyTorch Hub does not"
                     "provide pretrained models for more than two spatial dimensions."
@@ -318,6 +329,9 @@ class DenseNet169(DenseNet):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
+        spatial_dims: int,
+        in_channels: int,
+        out_channels: int,
         init_features: int = 64,
         growth_rate: int = 32,
         block_config: Sequence[int] = (6, 12, 32, 32),
@@ -325,9 +339,17 @@ def __init__(
         progress: bool = True,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(init_features=init_features, growth_rate=growth_rate, block_config=block_config, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            spatial_dims=spatial_dims,
+            in_channels=in_channels,
+            out_channels=out_channels,
+            init_features=init_features,
+            growth_rate=growth_rate,
+            block_config=block_config,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
         if pretrained:
-            if kwargs["spatial_dims"] > 2:
+            if spatial_dims > 2:
                 raise NotImplementedError(
                     "Parameter `spatial_dims` is > 2 ; currently PyTorch Hub does not"
                     "provide pretrained models for more than two spatial dimensions."
@@ -340,6 +362,9 @@ class DenseNet201(DenseNet):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
+        spatial_dims: int,
+        in_channels: int,
+        out_channels: int,
         init_features: int = 64,
         growth_rate: int = 32,
         block_config: Sequence[int] = (6, 12, 48, 32),
@@ -347,9 +372,17 @@ def __init__(
         progress: bool = True,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(init_features=init_features, growth_rate=growth_rate, block_config=block_config, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            spatial_dims=spatial_dims,
+            in_channels=in_channels,
+            out_channels=out_channels,
+            init_features=init_features,
+            growth_rate=growth_rate,
+            block_config=block_config,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
         if pretrained:
-            if kwargs["spatial_dims"] > 2:
+            if spatial_dims > 2:
                 raise NotImplementedError(
                     "Parameter `spatial_dims` is > 2 ; currently PyTorch Hub does not"
                     "provide pretrained models for more than two spatial dimensions."
@@ -362,6 +395,9 @@ class DenseNet264(DenseNet):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
+        spatial_dims: int,
+        in_channels: int,
+        out_channels: int,
         init_features: int = 64,
         growth_rate: int = 32,
         block_config: Sequence[int] = (6, 12, 64, 48),
@@ -369,7 +405,15 @@ def __init__(
         progress: bool = True,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(init_features=init_features, growth_rate=growth_rate, block_config=block_config, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(
+            spatial_dims=spatial_dims,
+            in_channels=in_channels,
+            out_channels=out_channels,
+            init_features=init_features,
+            growth_rate=growth_rate,
+            block_config=block_config,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
         if pretrained:
             raise NotImplementedError("Currently PyTorch Hub does not provide densenet264 pretrained models.")