diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 642e8dd25c436..40f7690e5b352 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Disable quantization aware training observers by default during validating/testing/predicting stages ([#8540](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/8540))
 
 
+- Enabled `on_load_checkpoint` for `LightningDataModule` for all `trainer_fn` ([#10238](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10238))
+
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 - Deprecated trainer argument `terminate_on_nan` in favour of `detect_anomaly`([#9175](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/9175))
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
index 74522424c5326..96d2fb58de905 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
@@ -1043,8 +1043,8 @@ def _restore_modules_and_callbacks(self, checkpoint_path: Optional[_PATH] = None
         # restore modules after setup
         self.checkpoint_connector.resume_start(checkpoint_path)
         self.checkpoint_connector.restore_model()
+        self.checkpoint_connector.restore_datamodule()
         if self.state.fn == TrainerFn.FITTING:
-            self.checkpoint_connector.restore_datamodule()
             # restore callback states
             self.checkpoint_connector.restore_callbacks()
 
diff --git a/tests/core/test_datamodules.py b/tests/core/test_datamodules.py
index 539767ac2d686..51b51bfbd011a 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_datamodules.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_datamodules.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 from pytorch_lightning import LightningDataModule, Trainer
 from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import ModelCheckpoint
+from pytorch_lightning.trainer.states import TrainerFn
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import AttributeDict
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.model_helpers import is_overridden
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ def test_train_val_loop_only(tmpdir):
     assert trainer.callback_metrics["train_loss"] < 1.0
 
 
-def test_dm_checkpoint_save(tmpdir):
+def test_dm_checkpoint_save_and_load(tmpdir):
     class CustomBoringModel(BoringModel):
         def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
             out = super().validation_step(batch, batch_idx)
@@ -334,13 +335,19 @@ def on_load_checkpoint(self, checkpoint: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     )
 
     # fit model
-    trainer.fit(model, dm)
+    trainer.fit(model, datamodule=dm)
     assert trainer.state.finished, f"Training failed with {trainer.state}"
     checkpoint_path = list(trainer.checkpoint_callback.best_k_models.keys())[0]
     checkpoint = torch.load(checkpoint_path)
     assert dm.__class__.__name__ in checkpoint
     assert checkpoint[dm.__class__.__name__] == dm.__class__.__name__
 
+    for trainer_fn in TrainerFn:
+        trainer.state.fn = trainer_fn
+        with mock.patch.object(dm, "on_load_checkpoint") as dm_mock:
+            trainer._restore_modules_and_callbacks(checkpoint_path)
+            dm_mock.assert_called_once()
+
 
 def test_full_loop(tmpdir):
     reset_seed()