diff --git a/litellm/llms/sagemaker/completion/handler.py b/litellm/llms/sagemaker/completion/handler.py
index 5012ed01c1e..c27a3c3528c 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/sagemaker/completion/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/sagemaker/completion/handler.py
@@ -200,23 +200,12 @@ class SagemakerLLM(BaseAWSLLM):
                     # Add model_id as InferenceComponentName header
                     # boto3 doc: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/APIReference/API_runtime_InvokeEndpoint.html
                     prepared_request.headers.update({"X-Amzn-SageMaker-Inference-Component": model_id})
-                sync_handler = _get_httpx_client()
-                sync_response = sync_handler.post(
-                    url=prepared_request.url,
+                completion_stream = self.make_sync_call(
+                    api_base=prepared_request.url,
                     headers=prepared_request.headers,  # type: ignore
-                    data=prepared_request.body,
-                    stream=stream,
+                    data=cast(str, prepared_request.body),  # cast-ok: signed body is a JSON str, mirrors async path
+                    logging_obj=logging_obj,
                 )
-
-                if sync_response.status_code != 200:
-                    raise SagemakerError(
-                        status_code=sync_response.status_code,
-                        message=str(sync_response.read()),
-                    )
-
-                decoder = AWSEventStreamDecoder(model="")
-
-                completion_stream = decoder.iter_bytes(sync_response.iter_bytes())
                 streaming_response = CustomStreamWrapper(
                     completion_stream=completion_stream,
                     model=model,
@@ -334,6 +323,29 @@ class SagemakerLLM(BaseAWSLLM):
             litellm_params=litellm_params,
         )
 
+    def make_sync_call(
+        self,
+        api_base: str,
+        headers: dict,
+        data: str,
+        logging_obj,
+        client=None,
+    ):
+        if client is None:
+            client = _get_httpx_client()
+        sync_response = client.post(
+            api_base,
+            headers=headers,
+            data=data,
+            stream=True,
+        )
+
+        if sync_response.status_code != 200:
+            raise SagemakerError(status_code=sync_response.status_code, message=str(sync_response.read()))
+
+        decoder = AWSEventStreamDecoder(model="")
+        return decoder.iter_bytes(sync_response.iter_bytes())
+
     async def make_async_call(
         self,
         api_base: str,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/sagemaker/test_sagemaker_completion_handler.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/sagemaker/test_sagemaker_completion_handler.py
index d43c07e09bb..c2cb46902b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/sagemaker/test_sagemaker_completion_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/sagemaker/test_sagemaker_completion_handler.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inflating TTFT and turning a steady provider stream into gap-then-burst delivery
 import binascii
 import json
 import struct
-from typing import AsyncIterator
+from typing import AsyncIterator, Iterator
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import httpx
@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ def _make_frames(n: int) -> list[bytes]:
     return frames
 
 
+class _CountingSyncStream(httpx.SyncByteStream):
+    """Yields provider frames one at a time and records how many have been pulled."""
+
+    def __init__(self, frames: list[bytes]) -> None:
+        self._frames = frames
+        self.consumed = 0
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[bytes]:
+        for frame in self._frames:
+            self.consumed += 1
+            yield frame
+
+
 class _CountingAsyncStream(httpx.AsyncByteStream):
     """Yields provider frames one at a time and records how many have been pulled."""
 
@@ -68,6 +81,14 @@ class _CountingAsyncStream(httpx.AsyncByteStream):
             yield frame
 
 
+class _FakeSyncClient:
+    def __init__(self, response: httpx.Response) -> None:
+        self._response = response
+
+    def post(self, *args, **kwargs) -> httpx.Response:
+        return self._response
+
+
 class _FakeAsyncClient:
     def __init__(self, response: httpx.Response) -> None:
         self._response = response
@@ -76,6 +97,36 @@ class _FakeAsyncClient:
         return self._response
 
 
+def test_sync_native_streaming_forwards_each_frame_incrementally():
+    """Each token must be emitted after exactly one newly-pulled source frame.
+
+    With the old `chunk_size=1024` the httpx chunker would swallow several small
+    frames before yielding, so the first token would arrive only after `consumed`
+    had already crossed multiple frames, and tokens would then replay in a burst.
+    """
+    frames = _make_frames(24)
+    stream = _CountingSyncStream(frames)
+    response = httpx.Response(200, stream=stream)
+
+    completion_stream = SagemakerLLM().make_sync_call(
+        api_base="https://runtime.sagemaker.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/endpoints/phi-4/invocations-response-stream",
+        headers={},
+        data="",
+        logging_obj=MagicMock(),
+        client=_FakeSyncClient(response),
+    )
+
+    consumed_at_token = []
+    texts = []
+    for chunk in completion_stream:
+        if chunk is not None and chunk["text"]:
+            consumed_at_token.append(stream.consumed)
+            texts.append(chunk["text"])
+
+    assert texts == [f"token{i} " for i in range(len(frames))]
+    assert consumed_at_token == list(range(1, len(frames) + 1))
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_native_streaming_forwards_each_frame_incrementally():
     """Each token must be emitted after exactly one newly-pulled source frame.