diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
index dc245d42862..70374f87b99 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -2341,6 +2341,7 @@ def exception_type(
     litellm_response_headers: Final = _get_response_headers(original_exception=original_exception)
     try:
         error_str = redact_string(str(original_exception)) if _ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION else str(original_exception)
+        extra_information = ""
         if model or custom_llm_provider:
             if hasattr(original_exception, "message"):
                 error_str = (
@@ -2357,7 +2358,6 @@ def exception_type(
             # Common Extra information needed for all providers
             # We pass num retries, api_base, vertex_deployment etc to the exception here
             ################################################################################
-            extra_information = ""
             try:
                 _api_base: Final = litellm.get_api_base(model=model, optional_params=extra_kwargs)
                 messages: Final = litellm.get_first_chars_messages(kwargs=completion_kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
index 895044c8ad5..8e89180a9e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -1002,6 +1002,17 @@ def test_an_exception_without_a_status_is_still_a_connection_error(quiet_excepti
         )
 
 
+def test_an_unmapped_exception_with_no_model_or_provider_is_a_connection_error(quiet_exception_mapping):
+    with pytest.raises(litellm.APIConnectionError) as raised:
+        exception_type(
+            model=None,
+            original_exception=ValueError("boom"),
+            custom_llm_provider=None,
+        )
+
+    assert "boom" in raised.value.message
+
+
 CONTEXT_WINDOW_MESSAGE = "This model's maximum context length is 4096 tokens."
 CONTENT_POLICY_MESSAGE = (
     '{"error": {"type": "invalid_request_error", "code": "content_policy_violation"}}'