diff --git a/ignite/metrics/precision_recall_curve.py b/ignite/metrics/precision_recall_curve.py
index 5b9ece27545..4a8fde1fe25 100644
--- a/ignite/metrics/precision_recall_curve.py
+++ b/ignite/metrics/precision_recall_curve.py
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
 
 
 def precision_recall_curve_compute_fn(y_preds: torch.Tensor, y_targets: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[Any, Any, Any]:
-    try:
-        from sklearn.metrics import precision_recall_curve
-    except ImportError:
-        raise ModuleNotFoundError("This contrib module requires scikit-learn to be installed.")
+    from sklearn.metrics import precision_recall_curve
 
     y_true = y_targets.cpu().numpy()
     y_pred = y_preds.cpu().numpy()
@@ -83,6 +80,11 @@ def __init__(
         device: Union[str, torch.device] = torch.device("cpu"),
         skip_unrolling: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
+        try:
+            from sklearn.metrics import precision_recall_curve  # noqa: F401
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ModuleNotFoundError("This module requires scikit-learn to be installed.")
+
         super(PrecisionRecallCurve, self).__init__(
             precision_recall_curve_compute_fn,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             output_transform=output_transform,
diff --git a/tests/ignite/metrics/test_precision_recall_curve.py b/tests/ignite/metrics/test_precision_recall_curve.py
index bc7770e9e2b..8c448d4a2da 100644
--- a/tests/ignite/metrics/test_precision_recall_curve.py
+++ b/tests/ignite/metrics/test_precision_recall_curve.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def mock_no_sklearn():
 
 
 def test_no_sklearn(mock_no_sklearn):
-    with pytest.raises(ModuleNotFoundError, match=r"This contrib module requires scikit-learn to be installed."):
+    with pytest.raises(ModuleNotFoundError, match=r"This module requires scikit-learn to be installed."):
         y = torch.tensor([1, 1])
         pr_curve = PrecisionRecallCurve()
         pr_curve.update((y, y))