diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index b47cb19a5..2f2450340 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -908,6 +908,9 @@ def _model_is_within_list_of_allowed_models(
         return True
     if "all-proxy-models" in allowed_models:
         return True
+    # Note: This is here to maintain backwards compatibility. This Used to be in our code and removing could impact existing customer code
+    if "openai/*" in allowed_models:
+        return True
     if model in allowed_models:
         return True
     if _model_matches_patterns(model=model, allowed_models=allowed_models) is True: