diff --git a/litellm/llms/databricks/common_utils.py b/litellm/llms/databricks/common_utils.py
index eab9e2f825..1353b5b13f 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/databricks/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/databricks/common_utils.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class DatabricksBase:
         headers: Optional[dict],
     ) -> Tuple[str, dict]:
         if api_key is None and not headers:  # handle empty headers
-            if custom_endpoint is not None:
+            if custom_endpoint is True:
                 raise DatabricksException(
                     status_code=400,
                     message="Missing API Key - A call is being made to LLM Provider but no key is set either in the environment variables ({LLM_PROVIDER}_API_KEY) or via params",
diff --git a/tests/litellm/llms/databricks/test_databricks_common_utils.py b/tests/litellm/llms/databricks/test_databricks_common_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f7ec8e900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/litellm/llms/databricks/test_databricks_common_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../../../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from litellm.llms.databricks.common_utils import DatabricksBase
+
+
+def test_databricks_validate_environment():
+    databricks_base = DatabricksBase()
+
+    with patch.object(
+        databricks_base, "_get_databricks_credentials"
+    ) as mock_get_credentials:
+        try:
+            databricks_base.databricks_validate_environment(
+                api_key=None,
+                api_base="my_api_base",
+                endpoint_type="chat_completions",
+                custom_endpoint=False,
+                headers=None,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        mock_get_credentials.assert_called_once()