diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 9185e437a3a..edaf4dec979 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -5768,7 +5768,7 @@ class Router:
             _metadata["max_retries"] = num_retries
 
             ## LOGGING
-            if num_retries > 0:
+            if num_retries is not None and num_retries > 0:
                 kwargs = self.log_retry(kwargs=kwargs, e=original_exception)
             else:
                 raise