diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index 29d6fdb9c73..883c592d56c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -920,7 +920,13 @@ class _PreviewReportingStream(httpx.AsyncByteStream):
     async def abandon(self) -> None:
         self._abandoned = True
         self.dispatch()
-        await self._upstream.aclose()
+        try:
+            await self._upstream.aclose()
+        except Exception as err:  # noqa: BLE001  # aclose failures must not mask the exception that abandoned the relay
+            self._log_warning(
+                "pass_through_endpoint: closing the abandoned upstream error response failed: %s",
+                type(err).__name__,
+            )
 
     async def __aiter__(self) -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
         total = 0  # rebind-ok: running byte count against the preview budget
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
index a32de6a5d17..c6eff6f6896 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -4173,12 +4173,15 @@ class _UpstreamErrorBodyStream(httpx.AsyncByteStream):
 
 
 class _UpstreamErrorBodyStreamCloseTracking(_UpstreamErrorBodyStream):
-    def __init__(self, body: bytes) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, body: bytes, close_error: Exception | None = None) -> None:
         super().__init__(body)
+        self._close_error: Final = close_error
         self.closed = False
 
     async def aclose(self) -> None:
         self.closed = True
+        if self._close_error is not None:
+            raise self._close_error
 
 
 def _upstream_error_request() -> MagicMock:
@@ -5096,6 +5099,38 @@ async def test_preview_reporting_stream_abandon_does_not_log_a_client_disconnect
     assert all("client disconnected" not in call[0] for call in warnings), warnings
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_preview_reporting_stream_abandon_keeps_the_original_exception_when_aclose_fails():
+    """A failing upstream close must not replace the exception that abandoned the
+    relay: abandon returns without raising, still reports, and logs the close failure."""
+    upstream_stream: Final = _UpstreamErrorBodyStreamCloseTracking(
+        b"body", close_error=httpx.CloseError("close failed")
+    )
+    upstream_response: Final = httpx.Response(
+        status_code=500,
+        headers={"content-type": "text/event-stream"},
+        stream=upstream_stream,
+        request=httpx.Request("POST", "http://target-api.com/v1beta/models/claude-nope-9:streamGenerateContent"),
+    )
+    reported: list[bytes] = []
+    log_warning: Final = MagicMock()
+
+    async def report(preview: bytes) -> None:
+        reported.append(preview)
+
+    relay: Final = _PreviewReportingStream(
+        upstream=upstream_response,
+        report=report,
+        log_warning=log_warning,
+    )
+
+    await relay.abandon()
+    await relay.dispatch()
+    assert reported == [b""], reported
+    warnings: Final = [call.args[0] for call in log_warning.call_args_list]
+    assert any("closing the abandoned upstream error response failed" in message for message in warnings), warnings
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_preview_report_collected_runs_without_disconnect_warning_after_clean_end():
     upstream_response: Final = httpx.Response(