diff --git a/litellm/integrations/langfuse.py b/litellm/integrations/langfuse.py
index da462938884..db91702b49c 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/langfuse.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/langfuse.py
@@ -809,14 +809,14 @@ def get_langfuse_logger_for_request(
     standard_callback_dynamic_params: StandardCallbackDynamicParams,
     in_memory_dynamic_logger_cache: DynamicLoggingCache,
     globalLangfuseLogger: Optional[LangFuseLogger] = None,
-) -> LangFuseLogger:
+) -> Optional[LangFuseLogger]:
     temp_langfuse_logger: Optional[LangFuseLogger] = globalLangfuseLogger
     if (
         _dynamic_langfuse_credentials_are_passed(standard_callback_dynamic_params)
         is False
     ):
         if temp_langfuse_logger is None:
-            return LangFuseLogger()
+            return None
         return temp_langfuse_logger
 
     # get langfuse logging config to use for this request, based on standard_callback_dynamic_params