diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 510a1391d5e..b13b0878fba 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -9643,10 +9643,6 @@ async def embeddings(
             version=version,
         )
 
-        if data.get("response_format") in ("text", "srt", "vtt"):
-            from fastapi.responses import Response as FastAPIResponse
-            return FastAPIResponse(content=response.text, media_type="text/plain")
-
         return response
     except Exception as e:
         # Use unified error handler
@@ -10055,6 +10051,10 @@ async def audio_transcriptions(
         if callback_headers:
             fastapi_response.headers.update(callback_headers)
 
+        if data.get("response_format") in ("text", "srt", "vtt"):
+            from fastapi.responses import Response as FastAPIResponse
+            return FastAPIResponse(content=response.text, media_type="text/plain")
+
         return response
     except Exception as e:
         await proxy_logging_obj.post_call_failure_hook(