diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca8d58e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/streaming_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from litellm.types.utils import GenericStreamingChunk as GChunk
+
+
+def generic_chunk_has_all_required_fields(chunk: dict) -> bool:
+    """
+    Checks if the provided chunk dictionary contains all required fields for GenericStreamingChunk.
+
+    :param chunk: The dictionary to check.
+    :return: True if all required fields are present, False otherwise.
+    """
+    _all_fields = GChunk.__annotations__
+
+    # this is an optional field in GenericStreamingChunk, it's not required to be present
+    _all_fields.pop("provider_specific_fields", None)
+
+    return all(key in chunk for key in _all_fields)
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index f89a4a295..3934172c1 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -9565,12 +9565,15 @@ class CustomStreamWrapper:
         try:
             # return this for all models
             completion_obj = {"content": ""}
+            from litellm.litellm_core_utils.streaming_utils import (
+                generic_chunk_has_all_required_fields,
+            )
             from litellm.types.utils import GenericStreamingChunk as GChunk
 
             if (
                 isinstance(chunk, dict)
-                and all(
-                    key in chunk for key in GChunk.__annotations__
+                and generic_chunk_has_all_required_fields(
+                    chunk=chunk
                 )  # check if chunk is a generic streaming chunk
             ) or (
                 self.custom_llm_provider