diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
index a29079433e9..2cfcce2c11c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@ class ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing:
         logging_obj: Final[LiteLLMLoggingObj | None] = self.data.get("litellm_logging_obj", None)
         _log_llm_api_exception(
             e,
-            logging_obj.litellm_call_id if logging_obj is not None else self.data.get("litellm_call_id"),
+            (logging_obj.litellm_call_id if logging_obj is not None else None) or self.data.get("litellm_call_id"),
         )
         # Allow callbacks to transform the error response
         transformed_exception: Final = await proxy_logging_obj.post_call_failure_hook(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_common_request_processing.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_common_request_processing.py
index 98e9d30493a..cdf2118a1c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_common_request_processing.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_common_request_processing.py
@@ -8671,7 +8671,7 @@ class TestErrorLogCarriesCallId:
     x-litellm-call-id response header, so a logged exception can be tied to a
     specific request."""
 
-    async def _invoke(self, data: dict) -> None:
+    async def _invoke(self, data: dict[str, object]) -> None:
         from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
 
         processor: Final = ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing(data=data)
@@ -8712,6 +8712,17 @@ class TestErrorLogCarriesCallId:
         assert record.litellm_call_id == call_id
         assert call_id in record.getMessage()
 
+    async def test_call_id_falls_back_when_logging_obj_has_none(self, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture) -> None:
+        call_id: Final = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        logging_obj: Final = MagicMock()
+        logging_obj.litellm_call_id = None
+        with caplog.at_level("ERROR", logger="LiteLLM Proxy"):
+            await self._invoke({"litellm_logging_obj": logging_obj, "litellm_call_id": call_id})
+
+        record: Final = self._error_record(caplog)
+        assert record.litellm_call_id == call_id
+        assert call_id in record.getMessage()
+
     def test_client_disconnect_log_carries_call_id(self, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture) -> None:
         from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
         from litellm.proxy.common_request_processing import (