diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 12854db15d0..5b5e43258fd 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -8952,7 +8952,11 @@ def _delta_carries_more_than_text(delta: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
 
 
 def _simple_text_part(choices: Sequence[object]) -> str | None:
+    if not choices:
+        return None
     deltas: Final = tuple(_stream_choice_delta(choice) for choice in choices)
+    if not deltas:
+        return None
     if any(_delta_carries_more_than_text(delta) for delta in deltas):
         return None
     content: Final = deltas[0].get("content")
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_stream_chunk_builder.py b/tests/local_testing/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
index 6d62dd52b89..660586777fb 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
@@ -895,3 +895,19 @@ def test_grok_bug(load_env):
     litellm.set_verbose = True
     _, LLAMA3_3 = load_env
     execute_completion(LLAMA3_3)
+
+
+def test_stream_chunk_builder_empty_choices_guard():
+    """
+    Test that stream_chunk_builder does not crash with IndexError when
+    streaming chunks contain empty choices lists (e.g. trailing usage chunks).
+    """
+    chunks = [
+        {"id": "chat-test-1", "model": "gpt-4o", "choices": [{"index": 0, "delta": {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello"}}]},
+        {"id": "chat-test-1", "model": "gpt-4o", "choices": [{"index": 0, "delta": {"content": " world"}}]},
+        {"id": "chat-test-1", "model": "gpt-4o", "choices": [], "usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 2, "total_tokens": 12}},
+    ]
+    res = litellm.stream_chunk_builder(chunks)
+    assert res is not None
+    assert res["choices"][0]["message"]["content"] == "Hello world"
+