diff --git a/litellm/llms/hosted_vllm/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/hosted_vllm/chat/transformation.py
index 1a02d1a9e8e..b17dad2a39e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/hosted_vllm/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/hosted_vllm/chat/transformation.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from typing import (
     overload,
 )
 import base64
+import base64
 import secrets
 
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (