diff --git a/sklearn/utils/_metadata_requests.py b/sklearn/utils/_metadata_requests.py
index a914addc7f..7cd0b12a0e 100644
--- a/sklearn/utils/_metadata_requests.py
+++ b/sklearn/utils/_metadata_requests.py
@@ -1403,6 +1403,24 @@ def _build_request_for_signature(cls, router, method):
             )
         return mmr
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _configure_metadata_request(cls, requests):
+        from contextlib import suppress
+
+        with suppress(AttributeError):
+            requests = super()._configure_metadata_request(requests)
+
+        substr = "__metadata_request__"
+        for attr, value in vars(cls).items():
+            if substr not in attr:
+                continue
+
+            method = attr[attr.index(substr) + len(substr) :]
+            for prop, alias in value.items():
+                getattr(requests, method).add_request(param=prop, alias=alias)
+
+        return requests
+
     @classmethod
     def _get_default_requests(cls):
         """Collect default request values.
@@ -1424,28 +1442,7 @@ class attributes, as well as determining request keys from method
         # __metadata_request__* attributes. Defaults set in
         # __metadata_request__* attributes take precedence over signature
         # sniffing.
-
-        # need to go through the MRO since this is a class attribute and
-        # ``vars`` doesn't report the parent class attributes. We go through
-        # the reverse of the MRO so that child classes have precedence over
-        # their parents.
-        substr = "__metadata_request__"
-        for base_class in reversed(inspect.getmro(cls)):
-            for attr, value in vars(base_class).items():
-                if substr not in attr:
-                    continue
-                # we don't check for attr.startswith() since python prefixes attrs
-                # starting with __ with the `_ClassName`.
-                method = attr[attr.index(substr) + len(substr) :]
-                for prop, alias in value.items():
-                    # here we "add" request values specified via those class attributes
-                    # to the `MetadataRequest` object. Adding a request which already
-                    # exists will override the previous one. Since we go through the
-                    # MRO in reverse order, the one specified by the lowest most classes
-                    # in the inheritance tree are the ones which take effect.
-                    getattr(requests, method).add_request(param=prop, alias=alias)
-
-        return requests
+        return cls._configure_metadata_request(requests)
 
     def _get_metadata_request(self):
         """Get requested data properties.