diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index 5d5275abad0..686544d352c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -614,8 +614,9 @@ class HttpPassThroughEndpointHelpers(BasePassthroughUtils):
         _metadata.update(
             LiteLLMProxyRequestSetup.get_sanitized_user_information_from_key(user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict)
         )
+        _request_state: Final = getattr(request, "state", None)
         deployment_model_info: Final = getattr(
-            getattr(request, "state", None), LITELLM_PASS_THROUGH_DEPLOYMENT_MODEL_INFO_STATE_KEY, None
+            _request_state, LITELLM_PASS_THROUGH_DEPLOYMENT_MODEL_INFO_STATE_KEY, None
         )
         if isinstance(deployment_model_info, Mapping):
             _metadata["model_info"] = dict(deployment_model_info)
diff --git a/litellm/types/passthrough_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/types/passthrough_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index fb12daab199..e47acf9d68b 100644
--- a/litellm/types/passthrough_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/types/passthrough_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ LITELLM_PASS_THROUGH_CUSTOM_BODY_STATE_KEY: Final = "litellm_pass_through_custom
 # exact byte/string body, such as AWS SigV4-signed requests.
 LITELLM_PASS_THROUGH_RAW_BODY_STATE_KEY: Final = "litellm_pass_through_raw_body"
 
-# Request.state key carrying the `model_info` of the router deployment a provider
-# route resolved (e.g. Vertex), so logging attributes the call to that deployment.
+# `model_info` of the router deployment a provider route (e.g. Vertex) resolved for this request.
 LITELLM_PASS_THROUGH_DEPLOYMENT_MODEL_INFO_STATE_KEY: Final = "litellm_pass_through_deployment_model_info"
 
 # Attribute set on the FastAPI endpoint function of every user-defined pass-through