diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
index 13b55bff46..68fa80c2b0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_request_processing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
+import logging
 import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import (
@@ -385,11 +386,12 @@ class ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing:
         """
         Common request processing logic for both chat completions and responses API endpoints
         """
-        verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
-            "Request received by LiteLLM:\n{}".format(
-                json.dumps(self.data, indent=4, default=str)
-            ),
-        )
+        if verbose_proxy_logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
+                "Request received by LiteLLM:\n{}".format(
+                    json.dumps(self.data, indent=4, default=str)
+                ),
+            )
 
         self.data, logging_obj = await self.common_processing_pre_call_logic(
             request=request,