diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 27e67f4a81..6fdd2d88bc 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -2081,6 +2081,14 @@ def _is_async_request(
     return False
 
 
+_STREAMING_CALL_TYPES = frozenset({
+    CallTypes.generate_content_stream,
+    CallTypes.agenerate_content_stream,
+    CallTypes.generate_content_stream.value,
+    CallTypes.agenerate_content_stream.value,
+})
+
+
 def _is_streaming_request(
     kwargs: Dict[str, Any],
     call_type: Union[CallTypes, str],
@@ -2093,23 +2101,7 @@ def _is_streaming_request(
     """
     if "stream" in kwargs and kwargs["stream"] is True:
         return True
-
-    #########################################################
-    # Check if it's a google genai streaming request
-    if isinstance(call_type, str):
-        # check if it can be casted to CallTypes
-        try:
-            call_type = CallTypes(call_type)
-        except ValueError:
-            return False
-
-    if (
-        call_type == CallTypes.generate_content_stream
-        or call_type == CallTypes.agenerate_content_stream
-    ):
-        return True
-    #########################################################
-    return False
+    return call_type in _STREAMING_CALL_TYPES
 
 
 def _select_tokenizer(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py
index 71e043eb22..352125d16c 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_utils.py
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ from litellm.types.utils import (
     ModelResponseStream,
     StreamingChoices,
 )
+from litellm.types.utils import CallTypes
 from litellm.utils import (
     ProviderConfigManager,
     TextCompletionStreamWrapper,
     _check_provider_match,
+    _is_streaming_request,
     get_llm_provider,
     get_optional_params_image_gen,
     is_cached_message,
@@ -3270,3 +3272,35 @@ class TestDropParamsWithPromptCacheKey:
         assert "prompt_cache_key" not in result
         # temperature should remain (it's supported by Bedrock)
         assert result.get("temperature") == 0.7
+
+
+class TestIsStreamingRequest:
+    def test_stream_true_in_kwargs(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={"stream": True}, call_type="acompletion") is True
+
+    def test_stream_false_in_kwargs(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={"stream": False}, call_type="acompletion") is False
+
+    def test_no_stream_in_kwargs(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={}, call_type="acompletion") is False
+
+    def test_generate_content_stream_string(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={}, call_type=CallTypes.generate_content_stream.value) is True
+
+    def test_agenerate_content_stream_string(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={}, call_type=CallTypes.agenerate_content_stream.value) is True
+
+    def test_generate_content_stream_enum(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={}, call_type=CallTypes.generate_content_stream) is True
+
+    def test_agenerate_content_stream_enum(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={}, call_type=CallTypes.agenerate_content_stream) is True
+
+    def test_non_streaming_call_type_string(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={}, call_type="acompletion") is False
+
+    def test_non_streaming_call_type_enum(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={}, call_type=CallTypes.acompletion) is False
+
+    def test_stream_true_overrides_non_streaming_call_type(self):
+        assert _is_streaming_request(kwargs={"stream": True}, call_type=CallTypes.acompletion) is True