diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py
index fa9d4e3b850..fe3822629a7 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/handler.py
@@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ def _installed_sdk_version() -> str | None:
 def _sdk_import_error(installed_version: str | None, cause: ImportError) -> ImportError:
     install_hint: Final = "pip install 'litellm[bedrock-realtime]'"
     requirement: Final = f"{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_DISTRIBUTION}[awscrt]{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE}"
+    verbose_proxy_logger.error("Bedrock Realtime: SDK import failed (installed=%s): %s", installed_version, cause)
     if installed_version is None:
         return ImportError(f"Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime: {install_hint} ({requirement})")
     return ImportError(
         f"{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_DISTRIBUTION} {installed_version} is installed but Bedrock realtime needs "
-        f"[awscrt]{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE}: {install_hint}. Import failed with: {cause}"
+        f"[awscrt]{BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE}: {install_hint}"
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py
index c2000e6cd50..21838759acd 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/realtime/test_bedrock_realtime_handler.py
@@ -995,6 +995,9 @@ class TestBedrockRealtimeSdkImportErrors:
         assert "aws-sdk-bedrock-runtime 0.7.0 is installed but" in message
         assert ">=0.10.0,<0.12.0" in message
         assert not message.startswith("Missing aws_sdk_bedrock_runtime")
+        assert isinstance(exc_info.value.__cause__, ImportError)
+        assert str(exc_info.value.__cause__) not in message
+        assert "cannot import name" not in message
         close_reason = message.encode()[:WEBSOCKET_CLOSE_REASON_MAX_BYTES].decode()
         assert "0.7.0 is installed" in close_reason
         assert BEDROCK_REALTIME_SDK_SUPPORTED_RANGE in close_reason