diff --git a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
index 7cec84e0ebb..b0c9535ca28 100644
--- a/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/caching/redis_cache.py
@@ -1785,7 +1785,8 @@ class RedisCache(BaseCache):
         self.redis_client.flushall()
 
     async def disconnect(self):
-        await self.async_redis_conn_pool.disconnect(inuse_connections=True)
+        if self.async_redis_conn_pool is not None:
+            await self.async_redis_conn_pool.disconnect(inuse_connections=True)
         try:
             self.redis_client.close()
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_redis_disconnect.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_redis_disconnect.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52f8db42c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_redis_disconnect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.caching.redis_cache import RedisCache
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_disconnect_allows_missing_async_pool():
+    cache = RedisCache.__new__(RedisCache)
+    cache.async_redis_conn_pool = None
+    cache.redis_client = Mock()
+
+    await cache.disconnect()
+
+    cache.redis_client.close.assert_called_once_with()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_disconnect_closes_present_async_pool():
+    cache = RedisCache.__new__(RedisCache)
+    cache.async_redis_conn_pool = Mock(disconnect=AsyncMock())
+    cache.redis_client = Mock()
+
+    await cache.disconnect()
+
+    cache.async_redis_conn_pool.disconnect.assert_awaited_once_with(inuse_connections=True)