diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
index aade2f726..9c2dda889 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/sambanova/sambanova.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class SambaNovaInferenceAdapter(LiteLLMOpenAIMixin):
         LiteLLMOpenAIMixin.__init__(
             self,
             model_entries=MODEL_ENTRIES,
-            api_key_from_config=self.config.api_key,
+            api_key_from_config=self.config.api_key.get_secret_value() if self.config.api_key else None,
             provider_data_api_key_field="sambanova_api_key",
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/inference/test_openai_completion.py b/tests/integration/inference/test_openai_completion.py
index 05aee5096..e82714ffd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/inference/test_openai_completion.py
+++ b/tests/integration/inference/test_openai_completion.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def skip_if_model_doesnt_support_openai_chat_completion(client_with_models, mode
         "remote::cerebras",
         "remote::databricks",
         "remote::runpod",
-        "remote::sambanova",
         "remote::tgi",
     ):
         pytest.skip(f"Model {model_id} hosted by {provider.provider_type} doesn't support OpenAI chat completions.")