diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 66eee0c32fa..45e0aaa89af 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -8453,6 +8453,7 @@ def get_end_user_id_for_cost_tracking(
     service_type: "litellm_logging" or "prometheus" - used to allow prometheus only disable cost tracking.
     """
     _metadata = cast(
+        get_litellm_metadata_from_kwargs = getattr(sys.modules[__name__], 'get_litellm_metadata_from_kwargs')
         dict, get_litellm_metadata_from_kwargs(dict(litellm_params=litellm_params))
     )