diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
index 4d9c177f508..52f56d4ea06 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
@@ -923,7 +923,6 @@ class ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing:
             return
         _payload_str = json.dumps(self.data, default=str)
         if len(_payload_str) > MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE_FOR_DEBUG_LOG:
-            _key_count = len(self.data) if isinstance(self.data, dict) else 0
             verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
                 "Request received by LiteLLM: payload too large to log (%d bytes, limit %d). Dict key count: %d; type: %s",
                 len(_payload_str),