diff --git a/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
index 8dc7501bc3b..abc6c656929 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
@@ -2606,7 +2606,7 @@ async def add_litellm_data_to_request(
     )
 
     ## Cache Controls
-    cache_control_header: Final = _headers.get("Cache-Control", None)
+    cache_control_header: Final = request.headers.get("cache-control")
     if cache_control_header:
         cache_dict: Final = parse_cache_control(cache_control_header)
         data["ttl"] = cache_dict.get("s-maxage")
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/test_litellm_pre_call_utils.py b/tests/unit/proxy/test_litellm_pre_call_utils.py
index 64ff8392c02..ed4aeb72036 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/test_litellm_pre_call_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/test_litellm_pre_call_utils.py
@@ -10645,3 +10645,28 @@ def test_mapped_baggage_tags_keep_non_string_client_tags_as_sent():
     data: Final[dict[str, object]] = {"metadata": {"tags": [1, {"team": "x"}, "client-tag", "client-tag"]}}
     LiteLLMProxyRequestSetup.apply_authenticated_baggage_tags(request, data)
     assert data["metadata"]["tags"] == [1, {"team": "x"}, "client-tag", "client-tag", "tenant:a"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_cache_control_s_maxage_header_sets_the_cache_ttl():
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig
+
+    request: Final = Request(
+        {
+            "type": "http",
+            "method": "POST",
+            "path": "/v1/chat/completions",
+            "scheme": "http",
+            "server": ("localhost", 4000),
+            "query_string": b"",
+            "headers": [(b"content-type", b"application/json"), (b"cache-control", b"s-maxage=10")],
+        }
+    )
+    enriched: Final = await add_litellm_data_to_request(
+        data={"model": "qa-model", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}]},
+        request=request,
+        user_api_key_dict=UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key="qa-key"),
+        proxy_config=ProxyConfig(),
+        general_settings={},
+    )
+    assert float(enriched["ttl"]) == 10