diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/deepkeep/deepkeep.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/deepkeep/deepkeep.py
index 256ac753aa8..7db7b5cde85 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/deepkeep/deepkeep.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/deepkeep/deepkeep.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class DeepKeepGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
             return_inputs["images"] = response_json["images"]
         elif images:
             return_inputs["images"] = images
-        if response_json.get("tools"):
+        if response_json.get("tools") is not None:
             return_inputs["tools"] = response_json["tools"]
         elif tools:
             return_inputs["tools"] = tools