diff --git a/monai/networks/blocks/upsample.py b/monai/networks/blocks/upsample.py
index f3c680f050..5320611ce6 100644
--- a/monai/networks/blocks/upsample.py
+++ b/monai/networks/blocks/upsample.py
@@ -60,21 +60,21 @@ def __init__(
                 thus if size is defined, `scale_factor` will not be used.
                 Defaults to None.
             mode: {``"deconv"``, ``"nontrainable"``, ``"pixelshuffle"``}. Defaults to ``"deconv"``.
-            pre_conv: a conv block applied before upsampling. Defaults to None.
+            pre_conv: a conv block applied before upsampling. Defaults to "default".
                 When ``conv_block`` is ``"default"``, one reserved conv layer will be utilized when
                 Only used in the "nontrainable" or "pixelshuffle" mode.
             interp_mode: {``"nearest"``, ``"linear"``, ``"bilinear"``, ``"bicubic"``, ``"trilinear"``}
-                Only used when ``mode`` is ``UpsampleMode.NONTRAINABLE``.
+                Only used in the "nontrainable" mode.
                 If ends with ``"linear"`` will use ``spatial dims`` to determine the correct interpolation.
                 This corresponds to linear, bilinear, trilinear for 1D, 2D, and 3D respectively.
                 The interpolation mode. Defaults to ``"linear"``.
                 See also: https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/nn.html#upsample
             align_corners: set the align_corners parameter of `torch.nn.Upsample`. Defaults to True.
-                Only used in the nontrainable mode.
+                Only used in the "nontrainable" mode.
             bias: whether to have a bias term in the default preconv and deconv layers. Defaults to True.
             apply_pad_pool: if True the upsampled tensor is padded then average pooling is applied with a kernel the
                 size of `scale_factor` with a stride of 1. See also: :py:class:`monai.networks.blocks.SubpixelUpsample`.
-                Only used in the pixelshuffle mode.
+                Only used in the "pixelshuffle" mode.
         """
         super().__init__()
         scale_factor_ = ensure_tuple_rep(scale_factor, dimensions)
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ def __init__(
                 )
             elif pre_conv is not None and pre_conv != "default":
                 self.add_module("preconv", pre_conv)  # type: ignore
+            elif pre_conv is None and (out_channels != in_channels):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "in the nontrainable mode, if not setting pre_conv, out_channels should equal to in_channels."
+                )
 
             interp_mode = InterpolateMode(interp_mode)
             linear_mode = [InterpolateMode.LINEAR, InterpolateMode.BILINEAR, InterpolateMode.TRILINEAR]
diff --git a/monai/networks/nets/basic_unet.py b/monai/networks/nets/basic_unet.py
index 08f2c92272..18bb1d3a6c 100644
--- a/monai/networks/nets/basic_unet.py
+++ b/monai/networks/nets/basic_unet.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from typing import Sequence, Union
+from typing import Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ def __init__(
         norm: Union[str, tuple],
         dropout: Union[float, tuple] = 0.0,
         upsample: str = "deconv",
+        pre_conv: Optional[Union[nn.Module, str]] = "default",
+        interp_mode: str = "linear",
+        align_corners: Optional[bool] = True,
         halves: bool = True,
     ):
         """
@@ -105,12 +108,30 @@ def __init__(
             dropout: dropout ratio. Defaults to no dropout.
             upsample: upsampling mode, available options are
                 ``"deconv"``, ``"pixelshuffle"``, ``"nontrainable"``.
+            pre_conv: a conv block applied before upsampling.
+                Only used in the "nontrainable" or "pixelshuffle" mode.
+            interp_mode: {``"nearest"``, ``"linear"``, ``"bilinear"``, ``"bicubic"``, ``"trilinear"``}
+                Only used in the "nontrainable" mode.
+            align_corners: set the align_corners parameter for upsample. Defaults to True.
+                Only used in the "nontrainable" mode.
             halves: whether to halve the number of channels during upsampling.
+                This parameter does not work on ``nontrainable`` mode if ``pre_conv`` is `None`.
         """
         super().__init__()
-
-        up_chns = in_chns // 2 if halves else in_chns
-        self.upsample = UpSample(dim, in_chns, up_chns, 2, mode=upsample)
+        if upsample == "nontrainable" and pre_conv is None:
+            up_chns = in_chns
+        else:
+            up_chns = in_chns // 2 if halves else in_chns
+        self.upsample = UpSample(
+            dim,
+            in_chns,
+            up_chns,
+            2,
+            mode=upsample,
+            pre_conv=pre_conv,
+            interp_mode=interp_mode,
+            align_corners=align_corners,
+        )
         self.convs = TwoConv(dim, cat_chns + up_chns, out_chns, act, norm, dropout)
 
     def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, x_e: torch.Tensor):
diff --git a/monai/networks/nets/dynunet.py b/monai/networks/nets/dynunet.py
index b0ea249c6a..3922249b78 100644
--- a/monai/networks/nets/dynunet.py
+++ b/monai/networks/nets/dynunet.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DynUNetSkipLayer(nn.Module):
     Defines a layer in the UNet topology which combines the downsample and upsample pathways with the skip connection.
     The member `next_layer` may refer to instances of this class or the final bottleneck layer at the bottom the UNet
     structure. The purpose of using a recursive class like this is to get around the Torchscript restrictions on
-    looping over lists of layers and accumulating lists of output tensors which much be indexed. The `heads` list is
+    looping over lists of layers and accumulating lists of output tensors which must be indexed. The `heads` list is
     shared amongst all the instances of this class and is used to store the output from the supervision heads during
     forward passes of the network.
     """