diff --git a/litellm/exceptions.py b/litellm/exceptions.py
index edbb8b8891..b36d4ef877 100644
--- a/litellm/exceptions.py
+++ b/litellm/exceptions.py
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ class MidStreamFallbackError(ServiceUnavailableError):  # type: ignore
         self.request = _saved_request
         self.message = _saved_message
         self.args = (_saved_message,)
-        self.args = (_saved_message,)
 
     def __str__(self):
         _message = self.message