diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 56d3f5450d7..55f92f29c96 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -1001,6 +1001,10 @@ openai_compatible_providers: Final[list] = [
 
 OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_PROVIDERS_WITH_NATIVE_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION: Final = frozenset({"xai"})
 
+OPENAI_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION_PROVIDERS: Final = frozenset(
+    {"openai"} | (frozenset(openai_compatible_providers) - OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_PROVIDERS_WITH_NATIVE_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION)
+)
+
 openai_text_completion_compatible_providers: Final[list] = [  # providers that support `/v1/completions`
     "together_ai",
     "fireworks_ai",
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 1c3de8e766b..bd10c3924f7 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ from litellm.constants import (
     AZURE_OPENAI_AUDIO_PROVIDERS,
     DEFAULT_MOCK_RESPONSE_COMPLETION_TOKEN_COUNT,
     DEFAULT_MOCK_RESPONSE_PROMPT_TOKEN_COUNT,
-    OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_PROVIDERS_WITH_NATIVE_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION,
+    OPENAI_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION_PROVIDERS,
 )
 from litellm.exceptions import LiteLLMUnknownProvider
 from litellm.integrations.custom_logger import CustomLogger
@@ -7860,10 +7860,7 @@ def transcription(
             litellm_params=litellm_params_dict,
             custom_llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
         )
-    elif custom_llm_provider == "openai" or (
-        custom_llm_provider in litellm.openai_compatible_providers
-        and custom_llm_provider not in OPENAI_COMPATIBLE_PROVIDERS_WITH_NATIVE_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION
-    ):
+    elif custom_llm_provider in OPENAI_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION_PROVIDERS:
         api_base = (
             api_base
             or litellm.api_base
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 97c074ce112..e30e8cde86d 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -8731,9 +8731,7 @@ class ProviderConfigManager:
 
             return ElevenLabsAudioTranscriptionConfig()
         elif litellm.LlmProviders.XAI == provider:
-            from litellm.llms.xai.audio_transcription.transformation import (
-                XAIAudioTranscriptionConfig,
-            )
+            from litellm.llms.xai.audio_transcription.transformation import XAIAudioTranscriptionConfig
 
             return XAIAudioTranscriptionConfig()
         elif litellm.LlmProviders.OPENAI == provider: