diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
index 6f2d8f531b5..6fa279dcbf5 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
@@ -2922,8 +2922,7 @@ class Logging(LiteLLMLoggingBaseClass):
                     if (
                         isinstance(callback, CustomLogger)
                         and is_sync_request
-                        and self.call_type
-                        != CallTypes.pass_through.value  # pass-through endpoints call async_log_failure_event
+                        and (self.call_type != CallTypes.pass_through.value)  # pass-through endpoints call async_log_failure_event
                     ):  # custom logger class
                         callback.log_failure_event(
                             start_time=start_time,
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index c3102e36e3e..5b4166d0979 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ async def pass_through_request(  # noqa: PLR0915
     _parsed_body: Optional[dict] = None
     # kwargs for pass through endpoint, contains metadata, litellm_params, call_type, litellm_call_id, passthrough_logging_payload
     kwargs: Optional[dict] = None
+    logging_obj: Optional[Logging] = None
 
     #########################################################
     try:
@@ -959,10 +960,8 @@ async def pass_through_request(  # noqa: PLR0915
 
         # Pass the existing logging_obj so _handle_logging_proxy_only_error
         # uses it (preserves call_type="pass_through_endpoint" for dedup)
-        try:
+        if logging_obj is not None:
             request_payload["litellm_logging_obj"] = logging_obj
-        except NameError:
-            pass
 
         await proxy_logging_obj.post_call_failure_hook(
             user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
@@ -1705,10 +1704,8 @@ async def websocket_passthrough_request(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 request_payload[key] = value
 
         # Pass the existing logging_obj (preserves call_type for dedup)
-        try:
+        if logging_obj is not None:
             request_payload["litellm_logging_obj"] = logging_obj
-        except NameError:
-            pass
 
         # Log the connection failure using the same pattern as HTTP
         await proxy_logging_obj.post_call_failure_hook(
@@ -1737,10 +1734,8 @@ async def websocket_passthrough_request(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 request_payload[key] = value
 
         # Pass the existing logging_obj (preserves call_type for dedup)
-        try:
+        if logging_obj is not None:
             request_payload["litellm_logging_obj"] = logging_obj
-        except NameError:
-            pass
 
         # Log the unexpected error using the same pattern as HTTP
         await proxy_logging_obj.post_call_failure_hook(