diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index b1213ad4d37..0fd84fe43ee 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ def text_completion(
         optional_params["custom_llm_provider"] = custom_llm_provider
 
     # get custom_llm_provider
-    _, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = get_llm_provider(model=model, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, api_base=api_base)
+    _, custom_llm_provider, dynamic_api_key, api_base = get_llm_provider(model=model, custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider, api_base=api_base) # type: ignore
 
     if custom_llm_provider == "huggingface":
         # if echo == True, for TGI llms we need to set top_n_tokens to 3