diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/exception_handler.py b/litellm/proxy/db/exception_handler.py
index c2d58512fea..aaec9d0e194 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/exception_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/exception_handler.py
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ class PrismaDBExceptionHandler:
             ),
         ):
             return True
+        if PrismaDBExceptionHandler.is_prisma_engine_internal_error(e):
+            return True
         if PrismaDBExceptionHandler.is_database_capacity_error(e):
             return False
         if _prisma_error_code(e) == "P1017":
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_exception_handler.py b/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_exception_handler.py
index abc0850194d..7f63d513a26 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_exception_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_exception_handler.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ def test_is_database_service_unavailable_error_prisma_engine_malformed_payload()
 
     assert "no attribute 'get'" in str(exc_info.value)
     assert PrismaDBExceptionHandler.is_database_service_unavailable_error(exc_info.value) is True
+    assert PrismaDBExceptionHandler.is_database_transport_error(exc_info.value) is True
 
 
 def test_is_prisma_engine_internal_error_excludes_application_attributeerror():