diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_cache.py b/litellm/tests/test_cache.py
index db3aad6238..40be3b9a53 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_cache.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_cache.py
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ def test_completion_gpt():
         pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
 
 
+litellm.cache = False # rest to False for the next test
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diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 58f5347b4a..f3ff858bc1 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ def message_to_user_question(messages):
 
 def add_cache(messages, model_response):
   global cache_collection
+  if cache_collection == None:
+    make_collection()
   user_question = message_to_user_question(messages)
   cache_collection.add(
     documents=[user_question],