diff --git a/litellm/router_utils/fallback_event_handlers.py b/litellm/router_utils/fallback_event_handlers.py
index 63bc5203417..6e2793a15bb 100644
--- a/litellm/router_utils/fallback_event_handlers.py
+++ b/litellm/router_utils/fallback_event_handlers.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Final
 import litellm
 from litellm._logging import verbose_router_logger
 from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.get_llm_provider_logic import get_llm_provider
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.sensitive_data_masker import mask_sensitive_structure
 from litellm.router_utils.add_retry_fallback_headers import (
     add_fallback_headers_to_response,
@@ -214,6 +215,31 @@ def _check_stripped_model_group(model_group: str, fallback_key: str) -> bool:
     return False
 
 
+def _check_prefixed_model_group(model_group: str, fallback_key: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Handles wildcard routing scenario
+
+    where fallbacks set like:
+    [{"openai/gpt-4o": ["claude-3-haiku"]}]
+
+    but model_group is like:
+    "gpt-4o"
+
+    A bare model name routes through a wildcard deployment (e.g. "openai/*")
+    via provider inference, so fallback lookup resolves it the same way.
+
+    Returns:
+    - True if the provider-prefixed model group == fallback_key
+    """
+    if "/" in model_group:
+        return False
+    try:
+        _, custom_llm_provider, _, _ = get_llm_provider(model=model_group)
+    except litellm.BadRequestError:
+        return False
+    return f"{custom_llm_provider}/{model_group}" == fallback_key
+
+
 def get_fallback_model_group(fallbacks: list[Any], model_group: str) -> tuple[list[str] | None, int | None]:
     """
     Returns:
@@ -223,6 +249,7 @@ def get_fallback_model_group(fallbacks: list[Any], model_group: str) -> tuple[li
     Checks:
     - exact match
     - stripped model group match
+    - provider-prefixed model group match
     - generic fallback
     """
     generic_fallback_idx: int | None = None
@@ -231,14 +258,17 @@ def get_fallback_model_group(fallbacks: list[Any], model_group: str) -> tuple[li
     ## check for specific model group-specific fallbacks
     for idx, item in enumerate(fallbacks):
         if isinstance(item, dict):
-            if list(item.keys())[0] == model_group:  # check exact match
+            fallback_key = next(iter(item))
+            if fallback_key == model_group:  # check exact match
                 fallback_model_group = item[model_group]
                 break
             elif _check_stripped_model_group(
-                model_group=model_group, fallback_key=list(item.keys())[0]
+                model_group=model_group, fallback_key=fallback_key
+            ) or _check_prefixed_model_group(
+                model_group=model_group, fallback_key=fallback_key
             ):  # check generic fallback
-                stripped_model_fallback = item[list(item.keys())[0]]
-            elif list(item.keys())[0] == "*":  # check generic fallback
+                stripped_model_fallback = item[fallback_key]
+            elif fallback_key == "*":  # check generic fallback
                 generic_fallback_idx = idx
         elif isinstance(item, str):
             fallback_model_group = [item]
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_fallback_event_handlers.py b/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_fallback_event_handlers.py
index 68395737469..e9aacf5aa01 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_fallback_event_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/router_utils/test_fallback_event_handlers.py
@@ -798,3 +798,47 @@ class TestRunAsyncFallbackTriggersCooldown:
                 )
 
             mock_trigger.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_get_fallback_model_group_matches_provider_prefixed_key():
+    """A bare model group routed via a wildcard (e.g. "gpt-4o" through
+    "openai/*") must match a fallback keyed on the provider-prefixed name,
+    which is the form the Admin UI offers for wildcard routes."""
+    fallbacks = [{"openai/gpt-4o": ["claude-3-haiku"]}]
+
+    fallback_model_group, _ = get_fallback_model_group(fallbacks=fallbacks, model_group="gpt-4o")
+
+    assert fallback_model_group == ["claude-3-haiku"]
+
+
+def test_get_fallback_model_group_exact_match_beats_prefixed_match():
+    fallbacks = [
+        {"openai/gpt-4o": ["claude-3-haiku"]},
+        {"gpt-4o": ["gemini-1.5-flash"]},
+    ]
+
+    fallback_model_group, _ = get_fallback_model_group(fallbacks=fallbacks, model_group="gpt-4o")
+
+    assert fallback_model_group == ["gemini-1.5-flash"]
+
+
+def test_get_fallback_model_group_prefixed_match_ignores_unknown_models():
+    """Provider inference fails for unknown bare names - the lookup must not
+    raise and must fall through to the generic fallback."""
+    fallbacks = [
+        {"openai/some-model": ["claude-3-haiku"]},
+        {"*": ["gemini-1.5-flash"]},
+    ]
+
+    fallback_model_group, _ = get_fallback_model_group(fallbacks=fallbacks, model_group="some-unknown-model-xyz")
+
+    assert fallback_model_group == ["gemini-1.5-flash"]
+
+
+def test_get_fallback_model_group_prefixed_match_skips_prefixed_model_group():
+    """An already-prefixed model group must not double-prefix."""
+    fallbacks = [{"openai/openai/gpt-4o": ["claude-3-haiku"]}]
+
+    fallback_model_group, _ = get_fallback_model_group(fallbacks=fallbacks, model_group="openai/gpt-4o")
+
+    assert fallback_model_group is None