diff --git a/monai/networks/nets/swin_unetr.py b/monai/networks/nets/swin_unetr.py
index 5c08a3ca8a..5bff07581b 100644
--- a/monai/networks/nets/swin_unetr.py
+++ b/monai/networks/nets/swin_unetr.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 import torch.utils.checkpoint as checkpoint
 from torch.nn import LayerNorm
+from typing_extensions import Final
 
 from monai.networks.blocks import MLPBlock as Mlp
 from monai.networks.blocks import PatchEmbed, UnetOutBlock, UnetrBasicBlock, UnetrUpBlock
 from monai.networks.layers import DropPath, trunc_normal_
 from monai.utils import ensure_tuple_rep, look_up_option, optional_import
+from monai.utils.deprecate_utils import deprecated_arg
 
 rearrange, _ = optional_import("einops", name="rearrange")
 
@@ -49,6 +51,15 @@ class SwinUNETR(nn.Module):
     <https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.01266>"
     """
 
+    patch_size: Final[int] = 2
+
+    @deprecated_arg(
+        name="img_size",
+        since="1.3",
+        removed="1.5",
+        msg_suffix="The img_size argument is not required anymore and "
+        "checks on the input size are run during forward().",
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         img_size: Sequence[int] | int,
@@ -69,7 +80,10 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         """
         Args:
-            img_size: dimension of input image.
+            img_size: spatial dimension of input image.
+                This argument is only used for checking that the input image size is divisible by the patch size.
+                The tensor passed to forward() can have a dynamic shape as long as its spatial dimensions are divisible by 2**5.
+                It will be removed in an upcoming version.
             in_channels: dimension of input channels.
             out_channels: dimension of output channels.
             feature_size: dimension of network feature size.
@@ -103,16 +117,13 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__()
 
         img_size = ensure_tuple_rep(img_size, spatial_dims)
-        patch_size = ensure_tuple_rep(2, spatial_dims)
+        patch_sizes = ensure_tuple_rep(self.patch_size, spatial_dims)
         window_size = ensure_tuple_rep(7, spatial_dims)
 
         if spatial_dims not in (2, 3):
             raise ValueError("spatial dimension should be 2 or 3.")
 
-        for m, p in zip(img_size, patch_size):
-            for i in range(5):
-                if m % np.power(p, i + 1) != 0:
-                    raise ValueError("input image size (img_size) should be divisible by stage-wise image resolution.")
+        self._check_input_size(img_size)
 
         if not (0 <= drop_rate <= 1):
             raise ValueError("dropout rate should be between 0 and 1.")
@@ -132,7 +143,7 @@ def __init__(
             in_chans=in_channels,
             embed_dim=feature_size,
             window_size=window_size,
-            patch_size=patch_size,
+            patch_size=patch_sizes,
             depths=depths,
             num_heads=num_heads,
             mlp_ratio=4.0,
@@ -297,7 +308,20 @@ def load_from(self, weights):
                 weights["state_dict"]["module.layers4.0.downsample.norm.bias"]
             )
 
+    @torch.jit.unused
+    def _check_input_size(self, spatial_shape):
+        img_size = np.array(spatial_shape)
+        remainder = (img_size % np.power(self.patch_size, 5)) > 0
+        if remainder.any():
+            wrong_dims = (np.where(remainder)[0] + 2).tolist()
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"spatial dimensions {wrong_dims} of input image (spatial shape: {spatial_shape})"
+                f" must be divisible by {self.patch_size}**5."
+            )
+
     def forward(self, x_in):
+        if not torch.jit.is_scripting():
+            self._check_input_size(x_in.shape[2:])
         hidden_states_out = self.swinViT(x_in, self.normalize)
         enc0 = self.encoder1(x_in)
         enc1 = self.encoder2(hidden_states_out[0])
@@ -669,12 +693,12 @@ def load_from(self, weights, n_block, layer):
     def forward(self, x, mask_matrix):
         shortcut = x
         if self.use_checkpoint:
-            x = checkpoint.checkpoint(self.forward_part1, x, mask_matrix)
+            x = checkpoint.checkpoint(self.forward_part1, x, mask_matrix, use_reentrant=False)
         else:
             x = self.forward_part1(x, mask_matrix)
         x = shortcut + self.drop_path(x)
         if self.use_checkpoint:
-            x = x + checkpoint.checkpoint(self.forward_part2, x)
+            x = x + checkpoint.checkpoint(self.forward_part2, x, use_reentrant=False)
         else:
             x = x + self.forward_part2(x)
         return x
diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
index f71bc4c9ff..40cc09144f 100755
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ do
             doBlackFormat=true
             doIsortFormat=true
             doFlake8Format=true
-            doPylintFormat=true
+            # doPylintFormat=true  # https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAI/issues/7094
             doRuffFormat=true
             doCopyRight=true
         ;;