diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/cli.py b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/cli.py
index 87951a1c14..6bed638ad5 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/cli.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/cli.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class LightningCLI:
             seed_everything(seed, workers=True)
 
         self.before_instantiate_classes()
-        self.instantiate_classes()
+        self.instantiate_classes(self.subcommand)
         self.add_configure_optimizers_method_to_model(self.subcommand)
 
         if self.subcommand is not None:
@@ -396,12 +396,12 @@ class LightningCLI:
     def before_instantiate_classes(self) -> None:
         """Implement to run some code before instantiating the classes."""
 
-    def instantiate_classes(self) -> None:
+    def instantiate_classes(self, subcommand: Optional[str]) -> None:
         """Instantiates the classes and sets their attributes."""
         self.config_init = self.parser.instantiate_classes(self.config)
         self.datamodule = self._get(self.config_init, "data")
         self.model = self._get(self.config_init, "model")
-        callbacks = [self._get(self.config_init, c) for c in self.parser.callback_keys]
+        callbacks = [self._get(self.config_init, c) for c in self._parser(subcommand).callback_keys]
         self.trainer = self.instantiate_trainer(self._get(self.config_init, "trainer"), callbacks)
 
     def instantiate_trainer(self, config: Dict[str, Any], callbacks: List[Callback]) -> Trainer:
@@ -420,6 +420,14 @@ class LightningCLI:
             config["callbacks"].append(config_callback)
         return self.trainer_class(**config)
 
+    def _parser(self, subcommand: Optional[str]) -> ArgumentParser:
+        if subcommand is None:
+            return self.parser
+        # return the subcommand parser for the subcommand passed
+        action_subcommands = [a for a in self.parser._actions if isinstance(a, _ActionSubCommands)]
+        action_subcommand = action_subcommands[0]
+        return action_subcommand._name_parser_map[subcommand]
+
     def add_configure_optimizers_method_to_model(self, subcommand: Optional[str]) -> None:
         """
         Adds to the model an automatically generated ``configure_optimizers`` method.
@@ -427,13 +435,8 @@ class LightningCLI:
         If a single optimizer and optionally a scheduler argument groups are added to the parser as 'AUTOMATIC',
         then a `configure_optimizers` method is automatically implemented in the model class.
         """
-        if subcommand is None:
-            optimizers_and_lr_schedulers = self.parser.optimizers_and_lr_schedulers
-        else:
-            # get the `optimizer_and_lr_schedulers` attribute from the subcommand parser for the subcommand requested
-            action_subcommands = [a for a in self.parser._actions if isinstance(a, _ActionSubCommands)][0]
-            subcommand_parser = action_subcommands._name_parser_map[subcommand]
-            optimizers_and_lr_schedulers = subcommand_parser.optimizers_and_lr_schedulers
+        parser = self._parser(subcommand)
+        optimizers_and_lr_schedulers = parser.optimizers_and_lr_schedulers
 
         def get_automatic(class_type: Union[Type, Tuple[Type, ...]]) -> List[str]:
             automatic = []
diff --git a/tests/utilities/test_cli.py b/tests/utilities/test_cli.py
index f051d150da..0aa35893fc 100644
--- a/tests/utilities/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/utilities/test_cli.py
@@ -285,15 +285,20 @@ def test_lightning_cli_args_callbacks(tmpdir):
     assert cli.trainer.ran_asserts
 
 
-def test_lightning_cli_configurable_callbacks(tmpdir):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("run", (False, True))
+def test_lightning_cli_configurable_callbacks(tmpdir, run):
     class MyLightningCLI(LightningCLI):
         def add_arguments_to_parser(self, parser):
             parser.add_lightning_class_args(LearningRateMonitor, "learning_rate_monitor")
 
-    cli_args = [f"--trainer.default_root_dir={tmpdir}", "--learning_rate_monitor.logging_interval=epoch"]
+        def fit(self, **_):
+            pass
+
+    cli_args = ["fit"] if run else []
+    cli_args += [f"--trainer.default_root_dir={tmpdir}", "--learning_rate_monitor.logging_interval=epoch"]
 
     with mock.patch("sys.argv", ["any.py"] + cli_args):
-        cli = MyLightningCLI(BoringModel, run=False)
+        cli = MyLightningCLI(BoringModel, run=run)
 
     callback = [c for c in cli.trainer.callbacks if isinstance(c, LearningRateMonitor)]
     assert len(callback) == 1