diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py
index 8beb2015d..144c880e0 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ async def get_adapter_impl(config: MilvusVectorIOConfig, deps: dict[Api, Provide
     assert isinstance(config, MilvusVectorIOConfig), f"Unexpected config type: {type(config)}"
 
 
-    impl = MilvusVectorIOAdapter(config, deps[Api.inference], files_api)
+    impl = MilvusVectorIOAdapter(config, deps[Api.inference], deps.get(Api.files, None))
     await impl.initialize()
     return impl