diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/streaming_iterator.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/streaming_iterator.py
index 3aec95f5c02..ddb6e7b7021 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/streaming_iterator.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/adapters/streaming_iterator.py
@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ class AnthropicStreamWrapper(AdapterCompletionStreamWrapper):
                 if chunk == "None" or chunk is None:
                     raise Exception
 
+                if not chunk.choices and getattr(chunk, "usage", None) is None:
+                    continue
+
                 should_start_new_block = self._should_start_new_content_block(chunk)
                 if should_start_new_block:
                     self._increment_content_block_index()
@@ -609,6 +612,9 @@ class AnthropicStreamWrapper(AdapterCompletionStreamWrapper):
                 if chunk == "None" or chunk is None:
                     raise Exception
 
+                if not chunk.choices and getattr(chunk, "usage", None) is None:
+                    continue
+
                 # Check if we need to start a new content block
                 should_start_new_block = self._should_start_new_content_block(chunk)
                 if should_start_new_block: