diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index 87d533b23fb..bcf77d65d96 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ def _is_redacted(record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
 
 def _redact_extra_value(key: str, value: object) -> object:
     try:
-        return json.loads(safe_dumps({key: value}, value_transform=_redact_structured_value))[key]
+        rendered: Final = safe_dumps({key: value})
+        scrubbed: Final = safe_dumps({key: value}, value_transform=_redact_structured_value)
+        return value if scrubbed == rendered else json.loads(scrubbed)[key]
     except (TypeError, ValueError, KeyError):
         return _redact_string(str(value))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py
index 12754ee4f27..43be8701b49 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_logging.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import ast
 import asyncio
 import base64
+import dataclasses
 import json
 import logging
 import re
@@ -1024,6 +1025,54 @@ def test_unserializable_extra_never_breaks_the_filter(monkeypatch, extra):
     assert "payload" in rendered
 
 
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class _RequestExtra:
+    model: str
+    attempt: int
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "extra",
+    (
+        ("gpt-4o", 2),
+        {"gpt-4o", "gpt-4o-mini"},
+        {"models": ("gpt-4o", "gpt-4o-mini")},
+        _RequestExtra(model="gpt-4o", attempt=2),
+    ),
+    ids=("tuple", "set", "nested_tuple", "dataclass"),
+)
+def test_secret_free_extra_keeps_its_original_object(monkeypatch, extra):
+    """A host application's own handler on a litellm logger reads extras by type, so a
+    container that carried no secret must reach it untouched, not as its JSON shape."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm._logging._ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION", True)
+    record = _make_record(logging.WARNING, "request sent")
+    record.payload = extra
+
+    assert SecretRedactionFilter().filter(record) is True
+
+    assert record.payload is extra
+    assert "payload" in json.loads(JsonFormatter().format(record))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "extra",
+    (("gpt-4o", "sk-1234567890abcdefghij"), {"gpt-4o", "sk-1234567890abcdefghij"}),
+    ids=("tuple", "set"),
+)
+def test_extra_that_carried_a_secret_comes_back_scrubbed(monkeypatch, extra):
+    monkeypatch.setattr("litellm._logging._ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION", True)
+    record = _make_record(logging.WARNING, "request sent")
+    record.payload = extra
+
+    assert SecretRedactionFilter().filter(record) is True
+    rendered = JsonFormatter().format(record)
+
+    assert isinstance(record.payload, list)
+    assert sorted(record.payload) == ["REDACTED", "gpt-4o"]
+    assert "sk-1234567890abcdefghij" not in rendered
+    assert "REDACTED" in rendered
+
+
 def test_unscrubbed_record_is_still_redacted_by_the_formatter(monkeypatch):
     """Records that never met SecretRedactionFilter (uvicorn's, in JSON mode) keep
     their formatter-side redaction."""