diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 37b0ede00a..cf4bf43f88 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ class Router:
             raise e
 
     async def _aembedding(self, input: Union[str, List], model: str, **kwargs):
+        model_name = None
         try:
             verbose_router_logger.debug(
                 f"Inside _aembedding()- model: {model}; kwargs: {kwargs}"