diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index dc4cf0001..9a06250a9 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -2535,6 +2535,7 @@ def batch_completion(
         list: A list of completion results.
     """
     args = locals()
+
     batch_messages = messages
     completions = []
     model = model
@@ -2588,7 +2589,15 @@ def batch_completion(
                     completions.append(future)
 
         # Retrieve the results from the futures
-        results = [future.result() for future in completions]
+        # results = [future.result() for future in completions]
+        # return exceptions if any
+        results = []
+        for future in completions:
+            try:
+                results.append(future.result())
+            except Exception as exc:
+                results.append(exc)
+
     return results
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_batch_completion_return_exceptions.py b/litellm/tests/test_batch_completion_return_exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e285771f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_batch_completion_return_exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/3397/commits/a7ec1772b1457594d3af48cdcb0a382279b841c7#diff-44852387ceb00aade916d6b314dfd5d180499e54f35209ae9c07179febe08b4b."""
+"""Test batch_completion's return_exceptions."""
+import litellm
+
+msg1 = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi 1"}]
+msg2 = [{"role": "user", "content": "hi 2"}]
+
+
+def test_batch_completion_return_exceptions_true():
+    """Test batch_completion's return_exceptions."""
+    res = litellm.batch_completion(
+        model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+        messages=[msg1, msg2],
+        api_key="sk_xxx",  # deliberately set invalid key
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(res[0], litellm.exceptions.AuthenticationError)
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