diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py b/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
index ad72b22e2..08d89d1ab 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_stream_chunk_builder.py
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ def test_stream_chunk_builder_count_prompt_tokens():
         non_stream_prompt_tokens = response.usage.prompt_tokens
         non_stream_model = response.model
 
+        assert stream_model == non_stream_model
         assert stream_prompt_tokens == non_stream_prompt_tokens
-        assert stream_model != non_stream_model
 
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"An exception occurred - {str(e)}")
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 8aa97a3af..b1b8a3173 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ def token_counter(model="", text=None, messages: Optional[List] = None):
     int: The number of tokens in the text.
     """
     # use tiktoken, anthropic, cohere or llama2's tokenizer depending on the model
-    is_tool_call = True
+    is_tool_call = False
     if text == None:
         if messages is not None:
             print_verbose(f"token_counter messages received: {messages}")