diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 7a1b70f00..9ba19b5e9 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -8220,10 +8220,7 @@ def exception_type(
                         + "Exception"
                     )
 
-                if (
-                    "This model's maximum context length is" in error_str
-                    or "Request too large" in error_str
-                ):
+                if "This model's maximum context length is" in error_str:
                     exception_mapping_worked = True
                     raise ContextWindowExceededError(
                         message=f"{exception_provider} - {message} {extra_information}",
@@ -8264,6 +8261,13 @@ def exception_type(
                         model=model,
                         response=original_exception.response,
                     )
+                elif "Request too large" in error_str:
+                    raise RateLimitError(
+                        message=f"{exception_provider} - {message} {extra_information}",
+                        model=model,
+                        llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
+                        response=original_exception.response,
+                    )
                 elif (
                     "The api_key client option must be set either by passing api_key to the client or by setting the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable"
                     in error_str