diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index e360e26ab55..42d14eeb937 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
 
             from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import CommonProxyErrors, premium_user
 
+            # Always initialize label_filters, even for non-premium users
+            self.label_filters = self._parse_prometheus_config()
+
             if premium_user is not True:
                 verbose_logger.warning(
                     f"🚨🚨🚨 Prometheus Metrics is on LiteLLM Enterprise\n🚨 {CommonProxyErrors.not_premium_user.value}"
@@ -51,9 +54,6 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
                 )
                 return
 
-            # Parse prometheus metrics configuration for label filtering
-            self.label_filters = self._parse_prometheus_config()
-
             # Create metric factory functions
             self._counter_factory = self._create_metric_factory(Counter)
             self._gauge_factory = self._create_metric_factory(Gauge)