diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/llms/azure_ai/ocr/transformation.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/llms/azure_ai/ocr/transformation.rs
index 36a07fca8a9..99f0b2af07b 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/llms/azure_ai/ocr/transformation.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/llms/azure_ai/ocr/transformation.rs
@@ -402,4 +402,54 @@ mod tests {
         let error = perform_ocr(request).await.unwrap_err();
         assert!(error.to_string().contains("data URI"));
     }
+
+    struct EchoCallerDocument(Value);
+
+    impl OcrHooks for EchoCallerDocument {
+        fn intercepts_requests(&self) -> bool {
+            true
+        }
+
+        fn during_call(
+            &self,
+            mut request: OcrDuringCallRequest,
+        ) -> OcrHookFuture<'_, OcrDuringCallRequest> {
+            let document = self.0.clone();
+            Box::pin(async move {
+                request.body["document"] = document;
+                Ok(request)
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn remote_document_stays_inlined_when_hook_echoes_caller_document() {
+        let (base, seen, server) = mock_server(vec![
+            MockResponse::json(json!("served document")),
+            MockResponse::json(json!({"pages":[{"index":0,"markdown":"hello"}],"usage_info":{"pages_processed":1}})),
+        ])
+        .await;
+        let document_url = format!("{base}/document.pdf");
+        let mut request = crate::ocr::test_support::with_source(
+            wire_request("azure_ai/model", &base, json!({})),
+            &document_url,
+        );
+        request.hooks = Arc::new(EchoCallerDocument(
+            json!({"type":"document_url","document_url":document_url}),
+        ));
+
+        let result = perform_ocr(request).await.unwrap();
+        server.await.unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(result.pages[0].markdown, "hello");
+        let requests = seen.lock().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(requests.len(), 2);
+        assert!(requests[0].starts_with("GET /document.pdf "));
+        let body: Value =
+            serde_json::from_str(requests[1].split_once("\r\n\r\n").unwrap().1).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            body["document"]["document_url"],
+            json!("data:application/json;base64,InNlcnZlZCBkb2N1bWVudCI=")
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/prepare.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/prepare.rs
index 91da5a9613d..111c5f7e97a 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/prepare.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/core/src/ocr/prepare.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ where
                 .then(|| "document".to_string()),
         )
         .collect();
+    let original_document =
+        serde_json::to_value(&request.document).map_err(|_| super::Error::RequestField {
+            path: "document".into(),
+        })?;
+    let prepared_document = composed
+        .get("document")
+        .filter(|prepared| **prepared != original_document)
+        .cloned();
     let (body, headers) = if request.hooks.intercepts_requests() {
         let changed = request
             .hooks
@@ -47,13 +55,19 @@ where
                 retained_fields,
             })
             .await?;
-        if !changed.body.is_object() {
+        let Value::Object(mut fields) = changed.body else {
             return Err(super::Error::RequestField {
                 path: "guardrail.body".into(),
             });
+        };
+        if let Some(prepared) =
+            prepared_document.filter(|_| fields.get("document") == Some(&original_document))
+        {
+            fields.insert("document".into(), prepared);
         }
-        validate(&changed.body)?;
-        (changed.body, changed.headers)
+        let body = Value::Object(fields);
+        validate(&body)?;
+        (body, changed.headers)
     } else {
         (composed, headers.to_vec())
     };