diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 10684574e2d..43185e3676b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class LiteLLM_UpperboundKeyGenerateParams(LiteLLMBase):
 
 
 class LiteLLMRoutes(enum.Enum):
-    openai_routes: List = [  # chat completions
+    openai_routes: List = [
+        # chat completions
         "/openai/deployments/{model}/chat/completions",
         "/chat/completions",
         "/v1/chat/completions",
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 6125a316948..768821460ec 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1012,7 +1012,9 @@ async def user_api_key_auth(
                 )
 
             if not _is_user_proxy_admin(user_id_information):  # if non-admin
-                if (
+                if route in LiteLLMRoutes.openai_routes.value:
+                    pass
+                elif (
                     route in LiteLLMRoutes.info_routes.value
                 ):  # check if user allowed to call an info route
                     if route == "/key/info":
@@ -1053,7 +1055,7 @@ async def user_api_key_auth(
                             )
                 else:
                     raise Exception(
-                        f"Only master key can be used to generate, delete, update info for new keys/users/teams."
+                        f"Only master key can be used to generate, delete, update info for new keys/users/teams. Route={route}"
                     )
 
         # check if token is from litellm-ui, litellm ui makes keys to allow users to login with sso. These keys can only be used for LiteLLM UI functions