diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
index 12f7fe2c3cf..8852d9555c7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
@@ -597,10 +597,10 @@ class ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing:
             ] = queue_time_seconds
 
         self.data["model"] = (
-            general_settings.get("completion_model", None)  # server default
+            self.data.get("model", None)  # model passed in http request
             or user_model  # model name passed via cli args
             or model  # for azure deployments
-            or self.data.get("model", None)  # default passed in http request
+            or general_settings.get("completion_model", None)  # server default (fallback)
         )
 
         # override with user settings, these are params passed via cli
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index d1c4b8b3403..64bb74025fe 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ async def chat_completion_pass_through_endpoint(  # noqa: PLR0915
             "Request received by LiteLLM:\n{}".format(json.dumps(data, indent=4)),
         )
         data["model"] = (
-            general_settings.get("completion_model", None)  # server default
+            data.get("model", None)  # model passed in http request
             or user_model  # model name passed via cli args
-            or data.get("model", None)  # default passed in http request
+            or general_settings.get("completion_model", None)  # server default (fallback)
         )
         if user_model:
             data["model"] = user_model