diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py
index d4d23cd2e37..049900dbc46 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/unified_guardrail/unified_guardrail.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Unified Guardrail, leveraging LiteLLM's /applyGuardrail endpoint
 
 import copy
 import json
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AsyncGenerator, List, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AsyncGenerator, List, Mapping, Optional, Union
 
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ class UnifiedLLMGuardrails(CustomLogger):
         user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
         response: Any,
         request_data: dict,
+        streaming_flag_defaults: Optional[Mapping[str, Any]] = None,
     ) -> AsyncGenerator[Any, None]:
         """
         Passes the entire stream to the guardrail
@@ -827,10 +828,10 @@ class UnifiedLLMGuardrails(CustomLogger):
         guardrail_to_apply: CustomGuardrail = request_data.pop("guardrail_to_apply", None)
 
         # Get streaming configuration. Resolution order (later wins): default
-        # < guardrail attribute < guardrail_config dict < this callback's
-        # optional_params.
+        # < caller-supplied default < guardrail attribute < guardrail_config
+        # dict < this callback's optional_params.
         def _streaming_flag(name: str, default: Any) -> Any:
-            value = default
+            value = default if streaming_flag_defaults is None else streaming_flag_defaults.get(name, default)
             if guardrail_to_apply is not None:
                 value = getattr(guardrail_to_apply, name, value)
                 config = getattr(guardrail_to_apply, "guardrail_config", {})
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index e6e864a8e13..eb1570a3332 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -2705,6 +2705,10 @@ class ProxyLogging:
                         user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
                         request_data=request_data,
                         response=current_response,
+                        # A guardrail that ships its own iterator hook scans
+                        # every chunk there, so keep that cadence when we
+                        # reroute it: sampling would forward unscanned content.
+                        streaming_flag_defaults=({"streaming_sampling_rate": 1} if effective_kind != kind else None),
                     ),
                 )
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_streaming_hooks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_streaming_hooks.py
index 82b892f1923..2c4ea85d818 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_streaming_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/utils/proxy_logging/test_streaming_hooks.py
@@ -485,9 +485,6 @@ def _content_filter_guardrail():
         blocked_words=[{"keyword": "zebra", "action": "BLOCK"}],
         default_on=True,
     )
-    # scan every chunk so the block decision lands before the offending delta
-    # is forwarded, matching the /chat/completions withholding behavior
-    guardrail.streaming_sampling_rate = 1
     return guardrail