diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py b/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py
index 5c795155324..33e45291ee3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/log_db_metrics.py
@@ -103,9 +103,15 @@ def log_db_metrics(func):
 
 def _is_exception_related_to_db(e: Exception) -> bool:
     """
-    Returns True if the exception is related to the DB
+    Returns True if the exception is related to the DB (PrismaError, httpx connection/timeout).
+    Uses a fast path: if the exception is not from prisma or httpx modules, return False
+    without importing Prisma (which is expensive ~12s on first load).
     """
 
+    mod = type(e).__module__
+    if not (mod.startswith("prisma") or mod.startswith("httpx")):
+        return False
+
     import httpx
     from prisma.errors import PrismaError