diff --git a/tests/unit/caching/test_redis_cache.py b/tests/unit/caching/test_redis_cache.py
index acb845217c3..1b2c258a60a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/caching/test_redis_cache.py
+++ b/tests/unit/caching/test_redis_cache.py
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ async def test_disconnect_with_no_connection_pool_does_not_raise():
     https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/37137."""
     redis_cache = RedisCache.__new__(RedisCache)
     redis_cache.async_redis_conn_pool = None
+    redis_cache.redis_kwargs = {}
     redis_cache.redis_client = MagicMock()
 
     await redis_cache.disconnect()