diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/fine_tuning/handler.py b/litellm/llms/azure/fine_tuning/handler.py
index 2415c7d78e..3d82172c58 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/fine_tuning/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/fine_tuning/handler.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class AzureOpenAIFineTuningAPI(OpenAIFineTuningAPI, BaseAzureLLM):
         create_fine_tuning_job_data: dict,
         openai_client: Union[AsyncOpenAI, AsyncAzureOpenAI],
     ) -> LiteLLMFineTuningJob:
+        self._ensure_training_type(create_fine_tuning_job_data)
         response = await openai_client.fine_tuning.jobs.create(
             **create_fine_tuning_job_data
         )