diff --git a/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py
index 05160d83c12..b6c2b379d66 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/transformation.py
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import tiktoken
 
 
+def _map_reasoning_effort(value: object) -> object:
+    effort: Final[object] = cast(Mapping[str, object], value).get("effort") if isinstance(value, Mapping) else value
+    if effort is True:
+        return "medium"
+    if effort is False:
+        return "none"
+    if effort == "auto":
+        return None
+    return effort
+
+
 def _extract_fireworks_hidden_params(payload: dict) -> dict:
     """
     Collect Fireworks-specific response fields (perf_metrics, prompt_token_ids,
@@ -327,12 +338,9 @@ class FireworksAIConfig(FireworksAIMixin, OpenAIGPTConfig):
             elif param == "max_completion_tokens":
                 optional_params["max_tokens"] = value
             elif param == "reasoning_effort":
-                if value is True:
-                    optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = "medium"
-                elif value is False:
-                    optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = "none"
-                elif value != "auto":
-                    optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = value
+                effort = _map_reasoning_effort(value)
+                if effort is not None:
+                    optional_params["reasoning_effort"] = effort
             elif param in supported_openai_params:
                 if value is not None:
                     optional_params[param] = value
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py
index fb0311ef39b..7715e7b32ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/fireworks_ai/chat/test_fireworks_ai_chat_transformation.py
@@ -1189,6 +1189,28 @@ def test_reasoning_effort_integer_passthrough():
     assert isinstance(result["reasoning_effort"], int)
 
 
+def test_reasoning_effort_dict_from_anthropic_adapter_flattened_to_effort_string():
+    config = FireworksAIConfig()
+    result = config.map_openai_params(
+        {"reasoning_effort": {"effort": "medium", "summary": "detailed"}},
+        {},
+        _REASONING_MODEL,
+        drop_params=False,
+    )
+    assert result["reasoning_effort"] == "medium"
+
+
+def test_reasoning_effort_dict_without_effort_key_dropped():
+    config = FireworksAIConfig()
+    result = config.map_openai_params(
+        {"reasoning_effort": {"summary": "detailed"}},
+        {},
+        _REASONING_MODEL,
+        drop_params=False,
+    )
+    assert "reasoning_effort" not in result
+
+
 def test_reasoning_effort_auto_dropped_to_model_default():
     config = FireworksAIConfig()
     result = config.map_openai_params(