diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py
index 2f07cdd1a6f..eb81eff78fc 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/get_llm_provider_logic.py
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ def _get_openai_compatible_provider_info(
         (
             api_base,
             dynamic_api_key,
-        ) = litellm.APIRouteChatConfig()._get_openai_compatible_provider_info(api_base, api_key)
+        ) = litellm.APIRouteChatConfig().get_openai_compatible_provider_info(api_base, api_key)
     elif custom_llm_provider == "wandb":
         api_base = api_base or get_secret("WANDB_API_BASE") or "https://api.inference.wandb.ai/v1"
         dynamic_api_key = api_key or get_secret_str("WANDB_API_KEY")
diff --git a/litellm/llms/api_route/chat/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/api_route/chat/transformation.py
index 4b9424dacbc..b19a14636cf 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/api_route/chat/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/api_route/chat/transformation.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class APIRouteChatConfig(OpenAIGPTConfig):
     def custom_llm_provider(self) -> str | None:
         return "api_route"
 
-    def _get_openai_compatible_provider_info(
+    def get_openai_compatible_provider_info(
         self, api_base: str | None, api_key: str | None
     ) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
         resolved_api_base: Final = api_base or get_secret_str("API_ROUTE_BASE_URL") or "https://global.api-route.com/v1"