diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 7ef4b3d621c..9185e437a3a 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -5358,11 +5358,9 @@ class Router:
         _request_team_id: Optional[str] = (
             kwargs.get("metadata", {}) or {}
         ).get("user_api_key_team_id")
-        # Use wildcard-aware lookup so order-based fallback also works for model
-        # groups resolved via pattern routing (e.g. `openai/*` -> `openai/gpt-4.1-mini`).
-        all_deployments = self.get_model_list(
+        all_deployments = self._get_all_deployments(
             model_name=original_model_group, team_id=_request_team_id
-        ) or []
+        )
         _order_set: set = {
             litellm.utils._get_deployment_order(d)
             for d in all_deployments
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_router_order_fallback.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_router_order_fallback.py
index d5fa4962356..760766a7461 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_router_order_fallback.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_router_order_fallback.py
@@ -329,39 +329,3 @@ async def test_router_order_fallback_with_non_standard_fallbacks():
         fallbacks=["fallback-model"],  # non-standard format, passed per-request
     )
     assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "fallback"
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_router_order_fallback_with_wildcard_model_group():
-    """Wildcard model groups should also advance across order levels."""
-    router = Router(
-        model_list=[
-            {
-                "model_name": "openai/*",
-                "litellm_params": {
-                    "model": "openai/*",
-                    "api_key": "bad",
-                    "mock_response": Exception("fail order 1"),
-                    "order": 1,
-                },
-                "model_info": {"id": "1"},
-            },
-            {
-                "model_name": "openai/*",
-                "litellm_params": {
-                    "model": "openai/*",
-                    "api_key": "good",
-                    "mock_response": "success from wildcard order 2",
-                    "order": 2,
-                },
-                "model_info": {"id": "2"},
-            },
-        ],
-        num_retries=0,
-    )
-
-    response = await router.acompletion(
-        model="openai/gpt-4.1-mini",
-        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "hi"}],
-    )
-    assert response._hidden_params["model_id"] == "2"