diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_registry.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_registry.py
index c3da689220..c0903a35b6 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_registry.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_registry.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from litellm._uuid import uuid
 from litellm.integrations.custom_guardrail import CustomGuardrail
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.safe_json_dumps import safe_dumps
 from litellm.proxy.utils import PrismaClient
+from litellm.proxy.types_utils.utils import get_instance_fn
 from litellm.secret_managers.main import get_secret
 from litellm.types.guardrails import (
     Guardrail,
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ class InMemoryGuardrailHandler:
         config_file_path: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> Optional[CustomGuardrail]:
         """
-        Initialize a Custom Guardrail from a python file
+        Initialize a Custom Guardrail from a python file or module path
 
         This initializes it by adding it to the litellm callback manager
         """
@@ -498,26 +499,12 @@ class InMemoryGuardrailHandler:
                 "GuardrailsAIException - Please pass the config_file_path to initialize_guardrails_v2"
             )
 
-        _file_name, _class_name = guardrail_type.split(".")
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
-            "Initializing custom guardrail: %s, file_name: %s, class_name: %s",
+            "Initializing custom guardrail: %s",
             guardrail_type,
-            _file_name,
-            _class_name,
         )
 
-        directory = os.path.dirname(config_file_path)
-        module_file_path = os.path.join(directory, _file_name) + ".py"
-
-        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(_class_name, module_file_path)  # type: ignore
-        if not spec:
-            raise ImportError(
-                f"Could not find a module specification for {module_file_path}"
-            )
-
-        module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)  # type: ignore
-        spec.loader.exec_module(module)  # type: ignore
-        _guardrail_class = getattr(module, _class_name)
+        _guardrail_class = get_instance_fn(guardrail_type, config_file_path=config_file_path)
 
         mode = litellm_params.mode
         if mode is None: