diff --git a/litellm/_redis_credential_provider.py b/litellm/_redis_credential_provider.py
index 15f625dc8b4..dd49a6793ec 100644
--- a/litellm/_redis_credential_provider.py
+++ b/litellm/_redis_credential_provider.py
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ class ElastiCacheIAMCredentialProvider(CredentialProvider):
         self._credentials = credentials
 
         frozen_credentials: Final = credentials.get_frozen_credentials()
-        if frozen_credentials is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("Unable to resolve AWS credentials for ElastiCache IAM Redis authentication")
 
         try:
             from botocore.auth import SigV4QueryAuth
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_redis_credential_provider.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_redis_credential_provider.py
index 336e30e12c6..9a58722b04e 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_redis_credential_provider.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_redis_credential_provider.py
@@ -136,18 +136,6 @@ def test_elasticache_provider_reports_missing_credentials():
         provider.get_credentials()
 
 
-def test_elasticache_provider_reports_missing_frozen_credentials():
-    provider = ElastiCacheIAMCredentialProvider(
-        user_name="iam-user",
-        cache_name="cache.example.com",
-        region="us-east-1",
-        credentials_resolver=_FakeResolver(SimpleNamespace(get_frozen_credentials=lambda: None)),
-    )
-
-    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="Unable to resolve AWS credentials"):
-        provider.get_credentials()
-
-
 def test_elasticache_provider_reports_missing_signing_dependency(monkeypatch):
     original_import = builtins.__import__