diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index ac7f86b202..ed8365f95c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -953,8 +953,9 @@ async def proxy_startup_event(app: FastAPI):  # noqa: PLR0915
 
 def _generate_stable_operation_id(route: Any) -> str:
     operation_id = re.sub(r"\W", "_", f"{route.name}{route.path_format}")
-    if route.methods:
-        operation_id = f"{operation_id}_{sorted(route.methods)[0].lower()}"
+    route_methods = sorted(route.methods or [])
+    if len(route_methods) == 1:
+        operation_id = f"{operation_id}_{route_methods[0].lower()}"
     return operation_id
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_swagger_chat_completions.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_swagger_chat_completions.py
index 2a773bd316..36ead2f41c 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_swagger_chat_completions.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/test_swagger_chat_completions.py
@@ -460,6 +460,31 @@ class TestSwaggerChatCompletions:
         ]
         assert len(operation_ids) == len(set(operation_ids))
 
+    def test_should_not_add_method_suffix_to_multi_method_route_base_id(self):
+        from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+        from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import _generate_stable_operation_id
+
+        multi_method_route = SimpleNamespace(
+            name="anthropic_proxy_route",
+            path_format="/anthropic/{endpoint}",
+            methods={"DELETE", "GET", "POST"},
+        )
+        single_method_route = SimpleNamespace(
+            name="list_models",
+            path_format="/models",
+            methods={"GET"},
+        )
+
+        assert (
+            _generate_stable_operation_id(multi_method_route)
+            == "anthropic_proxy_route_anthropic__endpoint_"
+        )
+        assert (
+            _generate_stable_operation_id(single_method_route)
+            == "list_models_models_get"
+        )
+
     def test_should_reserve_operation_ids_across_lazy_fragments(self):
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ensure_unique_openapi_operation_ids