diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py
index 77d0c2e8432..8b0d61661fc 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/rest_endpoints.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
     from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.server import (
         ListMCPToolsRestAPIResponseObject,
         MCPServer,
+        _get_byok_credential,
         _tool_name_matches,
         execute_mcp_tool,
         filter_tools_by_allowed_tools,
@@ -180,34 +181,20 @@ if MCP_AVAILABLE:
         server,
         user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
     ) -> Optional[str]:
-        """
-        For BYOK servers, return the user's stored per-user key as the raw
-        credential string so the REST tools-list path injects it the same way
-        the MCP protocol tool-call path does in ``execute_mcp_tool``. The
-        auth_type formatting (Bearer / x-api-key / ...) is applied downstream by
-        the MCP client. Returns None for non-BYOK servers or when no credential
-        is stored.
-        """
-        if not getattr(server, "is_byok", False):
-            return None
-        user_id = getattr(user_api_key_dict, "user_id", None)
-        server_id = getattr(server, "server_id", None)
-        if not user_id or not server_id:
-            return None
+        """Resolve the caller's stored per-user BYOK key via the shared cached
+        ``_get_byok_credential`` so all three BYOK paths (REST tools-list,
+        protocol tools-list, tool-call) use one resolver. Swallows lookup errors
+        so a credential failure degrades to listing without the key instead of
+        aborting the request. Returns None for non-BYOK servers or when no
+        credential is stored."""
         try:
-            from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.db import get_user_credential
-            from litellm.proxy.utils import get_prisma_client_or_throw
-
-            prisma_client = get_prisma_client_or_throw(
-                "Database not connected. Connect a database to use BYOK MCP tools."
-            )
-            return await get_user_credential(prisma_client, user_id, server_id)
+            return await _get_byok_credential(server, user_api_key_dict)
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_logger.warning(
-                f"_get_user_byok_auth_header: failed to retrieve credential for "
-                f"user={user_id} server={server_id}: {e}"
+                f"_get_user_byok_auth_header: BYOK credential lookup failed for "
+                f"server={getattr(server, 'server_id', None)}: {e}"
             )
-        return None
+            return None
 
     async def _prefetch_user_oauth_creds(
         user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py
index 744f7c4836f..eef1eda4b72 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_rest_endpoints.py
@@ -444,6 +444,17 @@ class TestTestToolsList:
 class TestListToolsRestAPI:
     pytestmark = pytest.mark.asyncio
 
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def _clear_byok_cache(self):
+        """The REST BYOK helper now delegates to the shared, cached
+        ``_get_byok_credential``; clear that cache around each test so a stored
+        entry from one test cannot leak into another."""
+        from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.server import _byok_cred_cache
+
+        _byok_cred_cache.clear()
+        yield
+        _byok_cred_cache.clear()
+
     async def test_rejects_disallowed_server(self, monkeypatch):
         async def fake_contexts(user_api_key_auth):
             return [user_api_key_auth]
@@ -623,6 +634,9 @@ class TestListToolsRestAPI:
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             mcp_db, "get_user_credential", fake_get_user_credential, raising=False
         )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", object(), raising=False
+        )
 
         request = _build_request(path="/mcp-rest/tools/list", method="GET")
         result = await rest_endpoints.list_tool_rest_api(
@@ -867,6 +881,9 @@ class TestListToolsRestAPI:
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             mcp_db, "get_user_credential", fake_get_user_credential, raising=False
         )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", object(), raising=False
+        )
 
         request = _build_request(path="/mcp-rest/tools/list", method="GET")
         result = await rest_endpoints.list_tool_rest_api(
@@ -952,6 +969,9 @@ class TestListToolsRestAPI:
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             mcp_db, "get_user_credential", fake_get_user_credential, raising=False
         )
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            "litellm.proxy.proxy_server.prisma_client", object(), raising=False
+        )
 
         request = _build_request(path="/mcp-rest/tools/list", method="GET")
         result = await rest_endpoints.list_tool_rest_api(