diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/http_utils.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/http_utils.rs
index 7b9d6f6a648..8da38e6bcf3 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/http_utils.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/http_utils.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ pub async fn http_request(
     request.send().await
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(target = "litellm::function_trace", level = "trace", skip_all)]
+pub async fn execute_http_request(
+    client: &reqwest::Client,
+    request: reqwest::Request,
+) -> Result<reqwest::Response, reqwest::Error> {
+    client.execute(request).await
+}
+
 pub fn truncate_error_body(body: &str) -> String {
     if body.chars().count() <= UPSTREAM_ERROR_BODY_MAX_CHARS {
         return body.to_string();
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/handler.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/handler.rs
index 64baecd5473..9dc5080d54c 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/handler.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/handler.rs
@@ -104,12 +104,10 @@ impl PreparedOcrCall {
     pub(crate) async fn execute(self) -> Result<OcrProviderResponse, Error> {
         let url = self.http.url().to_string();
         let headers = request_headers(&self.http)?;
-        let response = crate::http_utils::http_request(reqwest::RequestBuilder::from_parts(
-            self.client.provider_http().clone(),
-            self.http,
-        ))
-        .await
-        .map_err(super::client::transport_error)?;
+        let response =
+            crate::http_utils::execute_http_request(self.client.provider_http(), self.http)
+                .await
+                .map_err(super::client::transport_error)?;
         let data = match self.request.config {
             OcrConfigKind::Cohere => OcrProviderData::Cohere(
                 CohereParseConfig