diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py b/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
index 492c09f8ca2..18369fc4b0d 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ def test_stream_chunk_builder():
         max_tokens=10,
     )
 
+    chunks = []
+
     for chunk in response:
         print(chunk)
 test_stream_chunk_builder()