diff --git a/tests/unit/conftest.py b/tests/unit/conftest.py
index 7efcc76073f..85015cd2edf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/conftest.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ RESTORED_GLOBALS: Final = (
     "anthropic_models",
     "token_counter",
     "initialized_langfuse_clients",
+    "turn_off_message_logging",
 )
 MODULE_LEVEL_CLIENTS: Final = ("module_level_client", "module_level_aclient")
 SESSION_CLIENTS: Final = ("base_llm_aiohttp_handler", "httpx_client", "aclient", "client")
diff --git a/tests/unit/integrations/test_opentelemetry.py b/tests/unit/integrations/test_opentelemetry.py
index 9ba09085ce8..6f80ff99b3e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/integrations/test_opentelemetry.py
+++ b/tests/unit/integrations/test_opentelemetry.py
@@ -7007,35 +7007,31 @@ def validate_redacted_message_span_attributes(span: ReadableSpan) -> None:
     )
 
 
+async def _first_finished_span(span_exporter: InMemorySpanExporter) -> None:
+    while not span_exporter.get_finished_spans():
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("unset_global_tracer_provider")
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("streaming", [True, False])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("global_redact", [True, False])
-async def test_awesome_otel_with_message_logging_off(streaming, global_redact):
+async def test_awesome_otel_with_message_logging_off(streaming, global_redact, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch):
     """
     No content should be logged when message logging is off
 
     tests when litellm.turn_off_message_logging is set to True
     tests when OpenTelemetry(message_logging=False) is set
     """
-    litellm.set_verbose = True
-
-    # Clear exporter at the start to ensure clean state
-    exporter.clear()
-
-    litellm.callbacks = [OpenTelemetry(config=OpenTelemetryConfig(exporter=exporter))]
+    span_exporter: Final = InMemorySpanExporter()
+    OpenTelemetry(config=OpenTelemetryConfig(exporter=span_exporter))
     if global_redact is False:
-        otel_logger = OpenTelemetry(
-            message_logging=False, config=OpenTelemetryConfig(exporter="console")
-        )
+        otel_logger = OpenTelemetry(message_logging=False, config=OpenTelemetryConfig(exporter="console"))
     else:
-        # use global redaction
-        litellm.turn_off_message_logging = True
+        monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "turn_off_message_logging", True)
         otel_logger = OpenTelemetry(config=OpenTelemetryConfig(exporter="console"))
 
     litellm.callbacks = [otel_logger]
-    litellm.success_callback = []
-    litellm.failure_callback = []
 
     response = await litellm.acompletion(
         model="gpt-4.1-mini",
@@ -7043,27 +7039,14 @@ async def test_awesome_otel_with_message_logging_off(streaming, global_redact):
         mock_response="hi",
         stream=streaming,
     )
-    print("response", response)
 
     if streaming is True:
-        async for chunk in response:
-            print("chunk", chunk)
+        async for _ in response:
+            pass
 
-    await asyncio.sleep(1)
-    spans = exporter.get_finished_spans()
-    print("spans", spans)
-    assert len(spans) == 1
-
-    _span = spans[0]
-    print("span attributes", _span.attributes)
-
-    validate_redacted_message_span_attributes(_span)
-
-    # clear in memory exporter
-    exporter.clear()
-
-    if global_redact is True:
-        litellm.turn_off_message_logging = False
+    await asyncio.wait_for(_first_finished_span(span_exporter), timeout=LOGGING_WORKER_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+    (span,) = span_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+    validate_redacted_message_span_attributes(span)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("unset_global_tracer_provider", "drained_logging_worker")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_conftest_isolation.py b/tests/unit/test_conftest_isolation.py
index 63db0eb5bba..93be480500d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_conftest_isolation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_conftest_isolation.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from litellm import utils as litellm_utils_module
 from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
 from litellm.llms.bedrock.base_aws_llm import BaseAWSLLM
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.logging_worker import GLOBAL_LOGGING_WORKER
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.redact_messages import should_redact_message_logging
 from tests.unit import conftest as unit_harness
 
 CANARY_MODEL = "conftest-isolation-canary-model"
@@ -105,6 +106,15 @@ def test_live_router_membership_was_rolled_back():
     assert _CanaryRouterHolder.router not in litellm_router_module._live_routers
 
 
+def test_turn_off_message_logging_is_scoped_to_this_test():
+    litellm.turn_off_message_logging = True
+    assert should_redact_message_logging({}) is True
+
+
+def test_turn_off_message_logging_was_rolled_back():
+    assert litellm.turn_off_message_logging is False
+
+
 def test_aws_cache_reset_sees_new_handlers_and_replaced_caches(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     module: Final = unit_harness.importlib.import_module("litellm.files.main")
     handler: Final = BaseAWSLLM()