diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_utils.py
index fd746d62e76..12e6f75889e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_utils.py
@@ -1982,23 +1982,26 @@ def get_model_from_request(
             model = vertex_match.group(1)
 
     if route.lower().startswith("/bedrock"):
-        bedrock_endpoint = re.sub(r"^/bedrock/", "", route, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-        is_bedrock_count_tokens_route = (
-            "count_tokens" in bedrock_endpoint.lower() or "count-tokens" in bedrock_endpoint.lower()
-        )
-        if not is_bedrock_count_tokens_route:
-            from litellm.proxy.pass_through_endpoints.llm_passthrough_endpoints import (
-                _extract_model_from_bedrock_endpoint,
-            )
-
-            try:
-                model = _extract_model_from_bedrock_endpoint(bedrock_endpoint)
-            except ValueError:
-                pass
+        bedrock_model: Final = _model_from_bedrock_route(route)
+        return model if bedrock_model is None else bedrock_model
 
     return model
 
 
+def _model_from_bedrock_route(route: str) -> str | None:
+    bedrock_endpoint: Final = re.sub(r"^/bedrock/", "", route, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+    if "count_tokens" in bedrock_endpoint.lower() or "count-tokens" in bedrock_endpoint.lower():
+        return None
+    from litellm.proxy.pass_through_endpoints.llm_passthrough_endpoints import (
+        _extract_model_from_bedrock_endpoint,
+    )
+
+    try:
+        return _extract_model_from_bedrock_endpoint(bedrock_endpoint)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+
 def abbreviate_api_key(api_key: str) -> str:
     if len(api_key) < MINIMUM_CUSTOM_KEY_LENGTH:
         return "sk-..."