diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 24243d0d6..c3865c77b 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -1059,6 +1059,7 @@ def completion(
                 api_key=api_key,
                 api_base=api_base,
                 acompletion=acompletion,
+                client=client,  # pass AsyncOpenAI, OpenAI client
                 logging_obj=logging,
                 optional_params=optional_params,
                 litellm_params=litellm_params,