diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py
index 37be832d350e..27fa685eaac8 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/tool_permission.py
@@ -799,6 +799,11 @@ async def async_post_call_streaming_iterator_hook(
                 verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
                     "Tool Permission Guardrail: No tool uses found"
                 )
+                mock_response = MockResponseIterator(
+                    model_response=assembled_model_response
+                )
+                async for chunk in mock_response:
+                    yield chunk
                 return
 
             verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
index 716b4470d255..d31dbdd43483 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/test_tool_permission.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     ChatCompletionMessageToolCall,
     Choices,
     ModelResponse,
+    ModelResponseStream,
 )
 
 
@@ -676,6 +677,49 @@ async def test_async_pre_call_hook_rewrite_mode_filters_legacy_functions(self):
         assert new_data["function_call"] == "none"
         assert new_data["tool_choice"] == "none"
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_async_post_call_streaming_iterator_hook_plain_text_yields_chunks(
+        self,
+    ):
+        """Regression test: hook must re-emit chunks when LLM replies with plain text.
+
+        Before the fix, the `if not tool_calls:` branch did a bare `return` inside
+        the async generator, which yielded nothing.  Clients received only
+        `data: [DONE]` with no content.
+        """
+        text_chunk = ModelResponseStream(
+            id="chatcmpl-plain-text",
+            created=1700000000,
+            model="gpt-4",
+            object="chat.completion.chunk",
+            choices=[],
+        )
+
+        async def _fake_stream():
+            yield text_chunk
+
+        assembled = ModelResponse(
+            choices=[Choices(message={"content": "Hello, world!"})]
+        )
+
+        with patch("litellm.main.stream_chunk_builder", return_value=assembled):
+            chunks = []
+            async for chunk in self.guardrail.async_post_call_streaming_iterator_hook(
+                user_api_key_dict=UserAPIKeyAuth(),
+                response=_fake_stream(),
+                request_data={},
+            ):
+                chunks.append(chunk)
+
+        assert len(chunks) >= 1, (
+            "Hook must yield at least one chunk for plain-text responses; "
+            "got none — bare return bug"
+        )
+        assert chunks[0].choices[0].delta.content == "Hello, world!", (
+            "Hook must preserve the original response content; "
+            f"got: {chunks[0].choices[0].delta.content!r}"
+        )
+
     def test_modify_response_with_permission_errors(self):
         # Setup a response with one tool_call
         tool_call = ChatCompletionMessageToolCall(