diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 18a3ed824..42c9b4157 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -1975,7 +1975,10 @@ def client(original_function):
             if (
                 (kwargs.get("caching", None) is None and litellm.cache is not None)
                 or kwargs.get("caching", False) == True
-                or kwargs.get("cache", {}).get("no-cache", False) != True
+                or (
+                    kwargs.get("cache", None) is not None
+                    and kwargs.get("cache", {}).get("no-cache", False) != True
+                )
             ):  # allow users to control returning cached responses from the completion function
                 # checking cache
                 print_verbose(f"INSIDE CHECKING CACHE")