diff --git a/litellm/exceptions.py b/litellm/exceptions.py
index 6662cf4a2c2..9e9fcbe621a 100644
--- a/litellm/exceptions.py
+++ b/litellm/exceptions.py
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ class PermissionDeniedError(openai.PermissionDeniedError):
         message,
         llm_provider,
         model,
-        response: httpx.Response,
+        response: httpx.Response | None = None,
         litellm_debug_info: str | None = None,
         max_retries: int | None = None,
         num_retries: int | None = None,
@@ -489,8 +489,15 @@ class PermissionDeniedError(openai.PermissionDeniedError):
         self.litellm_debug_info = litellm_debug_info
         self.max_retries = max_retries
         self.num_retries = num_retries
+        if response is not None and getattr(response, "request", None) is not None:
+            self.response = response
+        else:
+            self.response = httpx.Response(
+                status_code=self.status_code,
+                request=httpx.Request(method="POST", url="https://litellm.ai"),
+            )
         super().__init__(
-            self.message, response=response, body=None
+            self.message, response=self.response, body=None
         )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
index f2e1eb831ea..51e9ed22f1a 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ def _map_openai_exception(
                 model=model,
                 response=response,
                 litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
-                body=getattr(original_exception, "body", None),
             )
         if invalid_request_status == 404:
             raise NotFoundError(
@@ -532,7 +531,6 @@ def _map_openai_exception(
                 model=model,
                 response=response,
                 litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
-                body=getattr(original_exception, "body", None),
             )
         elif original_exception.status_code == 404:
             raise NotFoundError(