diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_mistral_transformation.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_mistral_transformation.py
index 4420bb3a418..9191798445e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_mistral_transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_mistral_transformation.py
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ class AmazonMistralConfig(AmazonInvokeConfig, BaseConfig):
             A string with the response of the LLM
 
         """
-        if "choices" in completion_response:
+        if "choices" in completion_response and completion_response["choices"] != []:
             outputText = completion_response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
             model_response.choices[0].finish_reason = completion_response["choices"][0]["finish_reason"]
-        elif "outputs" in completion_response:
+        elif "outputs" in completion_response and completion_response["outputs"] != []:
             outputText = completion_response["outputs"][0]["text"]
             model_response.choices[0].finish_reason = completion_response["outputs"][0]["stop_reason"]
         else:
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_mistral_config.py b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_mistral_config.py
index c57bbe3ca91..3aa14316a30 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_mistral_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_mistral_config.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import HTTPHandler
 from litellm.llms.bedrock.chat.invoke_transformations.amazon_mistral_transformation import (
     AmazonMistralConfig,
 )
+from litellm.llms.bedrock.common_utils import BedrockError
 from litellm.types.utils import ModelResponse
 
 
@@ -41,6 +42,20 @@ def test_mistral_get_outputText():
     assert model_response.choices[0].finish_reason == "finish"
 
 
+def test_mistral_get_outputText_empty_choices() -> None:
+    model_response: Final = ModelResponse()
+
+    with pytest.raises(BedrockError):
+        AmazonMistralConfig.get_outputText(completion_response={"choices": []}, model_response=model_response)
+
+
+def test_mistral_get_outputText_empty_outputs() -> None:
+    model_response: Final = ModelResponse()
+
+    with pytest.raises(BedrockError):
+        AmazonMistralConfig.get_outputText(completion_response={"outputs": []}, model_response=model_response)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.respx(assert_all_called=True)
 def test_mistral_invoke_outputs_become_message_content(respx_mock: respx.Router) -> None:
     route: Final = respx_mock.post(