diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index 7878a5aa752..45f864072b1 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -469,13 +469,9 @@ class CredentialScrubberFilter(logging.Filter):
             if isinstance(record.args, dict):
                 record.args = {
                     k: (
-                        (
-                            _REDACTED
-                            if _SECRET_KEY_NAME_RE.match(k)
-                            else _scrub_secrets(str(v))
-                        )
-                        if isinstance(v, str)
-                        else v
+                        _REDACTED
+                        if _SECRET_KEY_NAME_RE.match(k)
+                        else (_scrub_secrets(str(v)) if isinstance(v, str) else v)
                     )
                     for k, v in record.args.items()
                 }
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_credential_scrubber.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_credential_scrubber.py
index b789d6237ce..8cd2fb13001 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_credential_scrubber.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_credential_scrubber.py
@@ -201,3 +201,14 @@ class TestCredentialScrubberFilter:
         f.filter(record)
         assert "sk-rawsecretvalue123" not in str(record.args)
         assert "[REDACTED]" in str(record.args)
+
+    def test_dict_args_secret_key_non_string_value_redacted(self):
+        # Branch: dict key is a secret name but value is not a str (e.g. bytes).
+        # Key-name check must fire regardless of value type.
+        from litellm._logging import CredentialScrubberFilter
+
+        f = CredentialScrubberFilter()
+        record = self._make_record("config %s", {"api_key": b"sk-bytessecret123"})
+        f.filter(record)
+        assert "sk-bytessecret123" not in str(record.args)
+        assert "[REDACTED]" in str(record.args)