diff --git a/changelog/15287.bugfix.rst b/changelog/15287.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a59b493f4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/15287.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a regression in pytest 9.2.0 where :meth:`MonkeyPatch.setattr <pytest.MonkeyPatch.setattr>` ``undo()`` deleted child attributes on :class:`unittest.mock.MagicMock` (or other dynamic attributes not present on the class) instead of restoring them.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py b/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
index 9b9bcd3fb95..a19861c6d49 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ def setattr(
             # class attribute, which permanently freezes descriptors that
             # resolve dynamically (#10644).
             target_dict = getattr(target, "__dict__", None)
-            if isinstance(target_dict, Mapping):
+            if isinstance(target_dict, Mapping) and (
+                name in target_dict
+                or inspect.getattr_static(type(target), name, NOTSET) is not NOTSET
+            ):
                 oldval = target_dict.get(name, NOTSET)
         setattr(target, name, value)
         self._setattr.append((target, name, oldval))
diff --git a/testing/test_monkeypatch.py b/testing/test_monkeypatch.py
index 0d07783b05b..e652eeb9af0 100644
--- a/testing/test_monkeypatch.py
+++ b/testing/test_monkeypatch.py
@@ -607,6 +607,44 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
     assert obj.x == 1
 
 
+def test_undo_magicmock_child_attribute() -> None:
+    """Undoing a patch on a MagicMock's child mock must not delete it.
+
+    See #15287.
+    """
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+    shared = MagicMock()
+    orig_child = shared.connect  # create child mock
+    monkeypatch = MonkeyPatch()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(shared, "connect", MagicMock(return_value=1))
+    assert shared.connect() == 1
+
+    monkeypatch.undo()
+    assert shared.connect is orig_child
+    shared.connect.return_value = 2
+    assert shared.connect() == 2
+
+
+def test_undo_dynamic_getattr_attribute() -> None:
+    """Undoing a patch on an attribute resolved via __getattr__ must restore it."""
+
+    class Dynamic:
+        def __getattr__(self, name: str) -> int:
+            if name == "dyn":
+                return 42
+            raise AttributeError(name)
+
+    d = Dynamic()
+    assert d.dyn == 42
+    monkeypatch = MonkeyPatch()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(d, "dyn", 100)
+    assert d.dyn == 100
+
+    monkeypatch.undo()
+    assert d.dyn == 42
+
+
 def test_issue1338_name_resolving() -> None:
     pytest.importorskip("requests")
     monkeypatch = MonkeyPatch()