diff --git a/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
index 7384dc30b..ffea850a3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def _get_metadata_variable_name(request: Request) -> str:
     """
     if "thread" in request.url.path or "assistant" in request.url.path:
         return "litellm_metadata"
+    if "batches" in request.url.path:
+        return "litellm_metadata"
     if "/v1/messages" in request.url.path:
         # anthropic API has a field called metadata
         return "litellm_metadata"