diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/dynamoai/__init__.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/dynamoai/__init__.py
index b4920069133..310938def78 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/dynamoai/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/dynamoai/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 def initialize_guardrail(litellm_params: "LitellmParams", guardrail: "Guardrail"):
     import litellm
-    from litellm.proxy.guardrails.guardrail_hooks.dynamoai import DynamoAIGuardrails
+    _dynamoai_callback = DynamoAIGuardrails(
 
     _dynamoai_callback = DynamoAIGuardrails(
         api_base=litellm_params.api_base,