diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
index 3c130aafcb..d50129bc7a 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class AnthropicChatCompletion(BaseLLM):
         elif len(completion_response["content"]) == 0:
             raise AnthropicError(
                 message="No content in response",
-                status_code=response.status_code,
+                status_code=500,
             )
         else:
             text_content = ""
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
index c8a0918059..47056584b5 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_completion.py
@@ -232,6 +232,73 @@ def test_completion_claude_3_function_call():
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_anthropic_no_content_error():
+    """
+    https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/discussions/3440#discussioncomment-9323402
+    """
+    try:
+        litellm.drop_params = True
+        response = await litellm.acompletion(
+            model="anthropic/claude-3-opus-20240229",
+            api_key=os.getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"),
+            messages=[
+                {
+                    "role": "system",
+                    "content": "You will be given a list of fruits. Use the submitFruit function to submit a fruit. Don't say anything after.",
+                },
+                {"role": "user", "content": "I like apples"},
+                {
+                    "content": "<thinking>The most relevant tool for this request is the submitFruit function.</thinking>",
+                    "role": "assistant",
+                    "tool_calls": [
+                        {
+                            "function": {
+                                "arguments": '{"name": "Apple"}',
+                                "name": "submitFruit",
+                            },
+                            "id": "toolu_012ZTYKWD4VqrXGXyE7kEnAK",
+                            "type": "function",
+                        }
+                    ],
+                },
+                {
+                    "role": "tool",
+                    "content": '{"success":true}',
+                    "tool_call_id": "toolu_012ZTYKWD4VqrXGXyE7kEnAK",
+                },
+            ],
+            max_tokens=2000,
+            temperature=1,
+            tools=[
+                {
+                    "type": "function",
+                    "function": {
+                        "name": "submitFruit",
+                        "description": "Submits a fruit",
+                        "parameters": {
+                            "type": "object",
+                            "properties": {
+                                "name": {
+                                    "type": "string",
+                                    "description": "The name of the fruit",
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "required": ["name"],
+                        },
+                    },
+                }
+            ],
+            frequency_penalty=0.8,
+        )
+
+        pass
+    except litellm.APIError as e:
+        assert e.status_code == 500
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(f"An unexpected error occurred - {str(e)}")
+
+
 def test_completion_cohere_command_r_plus_function_call():
     litellm.set_verbose = True
     tools = [
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 0565362e54..baeace6874 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -8154,27 +8154,9 @@ def exception_type(
                             response=original_exception.response,
                         )
                     elif original_exception.status_code == 500:
-                        exception_mapping_worked = True
-                        raise ServiceUnavailableError(
-                            message=f"AnthropicException - {original_exception.message}",
-                            llm_provider="anthropic",
-                            model=model,
-                            response=(
-                                original_exception.response
-                                if hasattr(original_exception, "response")
-                                else httpx.Response(
-                                    status_code=500,
-                                    request=httpx.Request(
-                                        method="POST",
-                                        url="https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/reference/messages_post",
-                                    ),
-                                )
-                            ),
-                        )
-                    else:
                         exception_mapping_worked = True
                         raise APIError(
-                            status_code=original_exception.status_code,
+                            status_code=500,
                             message=f"AnthropicException - {original_exception.message}. Handle with `litellm.APIError`.",
                             llm_provider="anthropic",
                             model=model,