diff --git a/monai/networks/nets/unetr.py b/monai/networks/nets/unetr.py
index b22f0584a2..c53936d27f 100644
--- a/monai/networks/nets/unetr.py
+++ b/monai/networks/nets/unetr.py
@@ -179,24 +179,25 @@ def __init__(
             res_block=res_block,
         )
         self.out = UnetOutBlock(spatial_dims=spatial_dims, in_channels=feature_size, out_channels=out_channels)
+        self.proj_axes = (0, spatial_dims + 1) + tuple(d + 1 for d in range(spatial_dims))
+        self.proj_view_shape = list(self.feat_size) + [self.hidden_size]
 
-    def proj_feat(self, x, hidden_size, feat_size):
-        new_view = (x.size(0), *feat_size, hidden_size)
+    def proj_feat(self, x):
+        new_view = [x.size(0)] + self.proj_view_shape
         x = x.view(new_view)
-        new_axes = (0, len(x.shape) - 1) + tuple(d + 1 for d in range(len(feat_size)))
-        x = x.permute(new_axes).contiguous()
+        x = x.permute(self.proj_axes).contiguous()
         return x
 
     def forward(self, x_in):
         x, hidden_states_out = self.vit(x_in)
         enc1 = self.encoder1(x_in)
         x2 = hidden_states_out[3]
-        enc2 = self.encoder2(self.proj_feat(x2, self.hidden_size, self.feat_size))
+        enc2 = self.encoder2(self.proj_feat(x2))
         x3 = hidden_states_out[6]
-        enc3 = self.encoder3(self.proj_feat(x3, self.hidden_size, self.feat_size))
+        enc3 = self.encoder3(self.proj_feat(x3))
         x4 = hidden_states_out[9]
-        enc4 = self.encoder4(self.proj_feat(x4, self.hidden_size, self.feat_size))
-        dec4 = self.proj_feat(x, self.hidden_size, self.feat_size)
+        enc4 = self.encoder4(self.proj_feat(x4))
+        dec4 = self.proj_feat(x)
         dec3 = self.decoder5(dec4, enc4)
         dec2 = self.decoder4(dec3, enc3)
         dec1 = self.decoder3(dec2, enc2)
diff --git a/tests/test_unetr.py b/tests/test_unetr.py
index a8c7b7bf88..40619de9dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_unetr.py
+++ b/tests/test_unetr.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 from monai.networks import eval_mode
 from monai.networks.nets.unetr import UNETR
+from tests.utils import SkipIfBeforePyTorchVersion, test_script_save
 
 TEST_CASE_UNETR = []
 for dropout_rate in [0.4]:
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
                                             TEST_CASE_UNETR.append(test_case)
 
 
-class TestPatchEmbeddingBlock(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestUNETR(unittest.TestCase):
     @parameterized.expand(TEST_CASE_UNETR)
     def test_shape(self, input_param, input_shape, expected_shape):
         net = UNETR(**input_param)
@@ -117,6 +118,17 @@ def test_ill_arg(self):
                 dropout_rate=0.2,
             )
 
+    @parameterized.expand(TEST_CASE_UNETR)
+    @SkipIfBeforePyTorchVersion((1, 9))
+    def test_script(self, input_param, input_shape, _):
+        net = UNETR(**(input_param))
+        net.eval()
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            torch.jit.script(net)
+
+        test_data = torch.randn(input_shape)
+        test_script_save(net, test_data)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/test_vit.py b/tests/test_vit.py
index d5ae209e50..3ef847626d 100644
--- a/tests/test_vit.py
+++ b/tests/test_vit.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                                                 TEST_CASE_Vit.append(test_case)
 
 
-class TestPatchEmbeddingBlock(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestViT(unittest.TestCase):
     @parameterized.expand(TEST_CASE_Vit)
     def test_shape(self, input_param, input_shape, expected_shape):
         net = ViT(**input_param)