diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 3a2dc2eeb97..074a160c760 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ from litellm.types.router import (
     RouterErrors,
     RouterGeneralSettings,
     RouterModelGroupAliasItem,
-    RouterNoDeploymentsAvailableError,
     RouterRateLimitError,
     RouterRateLimitErrorBasic,
     RoutingContext,
@@ -8254,6 +8253,8 @@ class Router:
                 )
                 return False
 
+            from litellm.types.router import RouterNoDeploymentsAvailableError
+
             if isinstance(exception, RouterNoDeploymentsAvailableError):
                 return False