diff --git a/src/agents/exceptions.py b/src/agents/exceptions.py
index 78898f01..57cbef70 100644
--- a/src/agents/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/agents/exceptions.py
@@ -61,3 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self, guardrail_result: "OutputGuardrailResult"):
         super().__init__(
             f"Guardrail {guardrail_result.guardrail.__class__.__name__} triggered tripwire"
         )
+
+
+class ProviderError(AgentsException):
+    """Exception raised when the provider fails."""
diff --git a/src/agents/models/openai_chatcompletions.py b/src/agents/models/openai_chatcompletions.py
index 89619f83..9d1ee7d0 100644
--- a/src/agents/models/openai_chatcompletions.py
+++ b/src/agents/models/openai_chatcompletions.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from .. import _debug
 from ..agent_output import AgentOutputSchemaBase
+from ..exceptions import ProviderError
 from ..handoffs import Handoff
 from ..items import ModelResponse, TResponseInputItem, TResponseStreamEvent
 from ..logger import logger
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ async def get_response(
                 stream=False,
             )
 
+            if not getattr(response, "choices", None):
+                raise ProviderError(f"LLM provider error: {getattr(response, 'error', 'unknown')}")
+
             if _debug.DONT_LOG_MODEL_DATA:
                 logger.debug("Received model response")
             else:
@@ -252,7 +256,7 @@ async def _fetch_response(
             stream_options=self._non_null_or_not_given(stream_options),
             store=self._non_null_or_not_given(store),
             reasoning_effort=self._non_null_or_not_given(reasoning_effort),
-            extra_headers={ **HEADERS, **(model_settings.extra_headers or {}) },
+            extra_headers={**HEADERS, **(model_settings.extra_headers or {})},
             extra_query=model_settings.extra_query,
             extra_body=model_settings.extra_body,
             metadata=self._non_null_or_not_given(model_settings.metadata),
diff --git a/tests/test_openai_chatcompletions.py b/tests/test_openai_chatcompletions.py
index ba3ec68d..84ffe992 100644
--- a/tests/test_openai_chatcompletions.py
+++ b/tests/test_openai_chatcompletions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import importlib
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
     OpenAIProvider,
     generation_span,
 )
+from agents.exceptions import ProviderError
 from agents.models.chatcmpl_helpers import ChatCmplHelpers
 from agents.models.fake_id import FAKE_RESPONSES_ID
 
@@ -330,3 +332,41 @@ def test_store_param():
     assert ChatCmplHelpers.get_store_param(client, model_settings) is True, (
         "Should respect explicitly set store=True"
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_get_response_raises_provider_error_if_no_choices(monkeypatch):
+    # Import the class under test _inside_ the function so
+    # pytest’s conftest autouse fixtures don’t stomp it out.
+    import agents.models.openai_chatcompletions as chatmod
+
+    chatmod = importlib.reload(chatmod)
+
+    ModelClass = chatmod.OpenAIChatCompletionsModel
+
+    dummy_client = AsyncOpenAI(api_key="fake", base_url="http://localhost")
+    model = ModelClass(model="test-model", openai_client=dummy_client)
+
+    class FakeResponse:
+        choices = []
+        error = "service unavailable"
+
+    async def fake_fetch_response(*args, **kwargs):
+        return FakeResponse()
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ModelClass, "_fetch_response", fake_fetch_response)
+
+    settings = ModelSettings(temperature=0.0, max_tokens=1)
+    with pytest.raises(ProviderError) as exc:
+        await model.get_response(
+            system_instructions="",
+            input="Hello?",
+            model_settings=settings,
+            tools=[],
+            output_schema=None,
+            handoffs=[],
+            tracing=ModelTracing.DISABLED,
+            previous_response_id=None,
+        )
+
+    assert "service unavailable" in str(exc.value)