diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 7bd98decc34..f7f6bfa653c 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -1184,6 +1184,7 @@ def _get_wrapper_timeout(
 
 
 def check_coroutine(value) -> bool:
+    get_coroutine_checker = getattr(sys.modules[__name__], 'get_coroutine_checker')
     return get_coroutine_checker().is_async_callable(value)