diff --git a/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py
index aea136b913c..93304e0f356 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/ollama/completion/transformation.py
@@ -454,10 +454,16 @@ class OllamaTextCompletionResponseIterator(BaseModelResponseIterator):
         self.started_reasoning_content: bool = False
         self.finished_reasoning_content: bool = False
         self.buffered_json_content: str | None = None
+        self.function_call_buffering_disabled: bool = False
 
     def _handle_string_chunk(self, str_line: str) -> GenericStreamingChunk | ModelResponseStream:
         return self.chunk_parser(json.loads(str_line))
 
+    def _could_be_function_call(self, buffered: str) -> bool:
+        normalized: Final = "".join(buffered.split())
+        prefix: Final = '{"name"'
+        return normalized.startswith(prefix) or prefix.startswith(normalized)
+
     def _parse_buffered_function_call(self) -> ChatCompletionDeltaToolCall | None:
         if self.buffered_json_content is None:
             return None
@@ -472,7 +478,9 @@ class OllamaTextCompletionResponseIterator(BaseModelResponseIterator):
                 type="function",
                 function=Function(
                     name=parsed["name"],
-                    arguments=json.dumps(parsed["arguments"]),
+                    arguments=(
+                        parsed["arguments"] if isinstance(parsed["arguments"], str) else json.dumps(parsed["arguments"])
+                    ),
                 ),
             )
         return None
@@ -531,15 +539,24 @@ class OllamaTextCompletionResponseIterator(BaseModelResponseIterator):
             elif chunk["response"]:
                 text = chunk["response"]
                 if self.buffered_json_content is not None or (
-                    self.buffered_json_content is None
+                    not self.function_call_buffering_disabled
                     and not self.started_reasoning_content
                     and text.lstrip().startswith("{")
                 ):
-                    self.buffered_json_content = (self.buffered_json_content or "") + text
-                    return ModelResponseStream(
-                        choices=[StreamingChoices(index=0, delta=Delta())],  # mutable-ok: requires a list of choices
-                        usage=None,
-                    )
+                    candidate: Final = (self.buffered_json_content or "") + text
+                    if self._could_be_function_call(candidate):
+                        self.buffered_json_content = candidate
+                        return ModelResponseStream(
+                            choices=[  # mutable-ok: ModelResponseStream only accepts a list of choices
+                                StreamingChoices(index=0, delta=Delta())
+                            ],
+                            usage=None,
+                        )
+                    self.buffered_json_content = None
+                    self.function_call_buffering_disabled = True
+                    text = candidate
+                else:
+                    self.function_call_buffering_disabled = True
                 reasoning_content: str | None = None
                 content: str | None = None
                 if text is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py
index aa5fbd0faf5..6209f246d1d 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/ollama/test_ollama_completion_transformation.py
@@ -540,13 +540,30 @@ class TestOllamaTextCompletionStreamingToolCalls:
         assert json.loads(tool_calls[0].function.arguments) == {"location": "Paris"}
         assert done.choices[0].finish_reason == "tool_calls"
 
-    def test_streamed_regular_json_emitted_as_content_on_done(self):
+    def test_streamed_regular_json_flushed_as_content_once_not_a_function_call(self):
         chunks, done = self._stream(['{"answer":', ' 42}'])
 
+        assert isinstance(chunks[0], ModelResponseStream)
+        assert chunks[0].choices[0].delta.content == '{"answer":'
+        assert chunks[1].choices[0].delta.content == " 42}"
+        assert done["finish_reason"] == "stop"
+
+    def test_streamed_function_call_with_string_arguments_not_double_encoded(self):
+        chunks, done = self._stream(['{"name": "get_weather",', ' "arguments": "{\\"location\\": \\"Paris\\"}"}'])
+
         assert isinstance(done, ModelResponseStream)
-        assert done.choices[0].delta.tool_calls is None
-        assert done.choices[0].delta.content == '{"answer": 42}'
-        assert done.choices[0].finish_reason == "stop"
+        tool_calls = done.choices[0].delta.tool_calls
+        assert tool_calls is not None and len(tool_calls) == 1
+        assert json.loads(tool_calls[0].function.arguments) == {"location": "Paris"}
+
+    def test_brace_prefixed_prose_streams_incrementally(self):
+        chunks, done = self._stream(["{note: this", " is not JSON}", " and more text"])
+
+        assert isinstance(chunks[0], ModelResponseStream)
+        assert chunks[0].choices[0].delta.content == "{note: this"
+        assert chunks[1].choices[0].delta.content == " is not JSON}"
+        assert chunks[2].choices[0].delta.content == " and more text"
+        assert done["finish_reason"] == "stop"
 
     def test_plain_text_still_streams_incrementally(self):
         chunks, done = self._stream(["Hello", " world"])