diff --git a/litellm/llms/gemini.py b/litellm/llms/gemini.py
index 60220fd290..a55b39aef9 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/gemini.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/gemini.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def completion(
                 message_obj = Message(content=item.content.parts[0].text)
             else:
                 message_obj = Message(content=None)
-            choice_obj = Choices(index=idx + 1, message=message_obj)
+            choice_obj = Choices(index=idx, message=message_obj)
             choices_list.append(choice_obj)
         model_response["choices"] = choices_list
     except Exception as e:
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ async def async_completion(
                 message_obj = Message(content=item.content.parts[0].text)
             else:
                 message_obj = Message(content=None)
-            choice_obj = Choices(index=idx + 1, message=message_obj)
+            choice_obj = Choices(index=idx, message=message_obj)
             choices_list.append(choice_obj)
         model_response["choices"] = choices_list
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index 120a65acbf..4e5d62b5f8 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -3246,6 +3246,7 @@ def test_completion_gemini():
         response = completion(model=model_name, messages=messages)
         # Add any assertions,here to check the response
         print(response)
+        assert response.choices[0]["index"] == 0
     except litellm.APIError as e:
         pass
     except Exception as e: