diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlow.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlow.java
index b576a299e..0f4de1fc1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlow.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlow.java
@@ -257,10 +257,12 @@ private Flowable<Event> callLlm(
                                                 agent.resolvedModel().modelName().get());
                                     LlmRequest finalLlmRequest = llmRequestBuilder.build();
 
-                                    return llm.generateContent(
-                                            finalLlmRequest,
-                                            context.runConfig().streamingMode()
-                                                == StreamingMode.SSE)
+                                    return Flowable.defer(
+                                            () ->
+                                                llm.generateContent(
+                                                    finalLlmRequest,
+                                                    context.runConfig().streamingMode()
+                                                        == StreamingMode.SSE))
                                         .onErrorResumeNext(
                                             exception ->
                                                 handleOnModelErrorCallback(
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlowTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlowTest.java
index 7da99cef0..d34f24176 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlowTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/flows/llmflows/BaseLlmFlowTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 
 import com.google.adk.agents.Callbacks;
 import com.google.adk.agents.InvocationContext;
@@ -72,6 +76,64 @@
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 public final class BaseLlmFlowTest {
 
+  @Test
+  public void run_synchronousModelError_callbackReturnsFallback() {
+    RuntimeException modelError = new RuntimeException("Model request failed");
+    Content fallbackContent = Content.fromParts(Part.fromText("Fallback response"));
+    AtomicInteger callbackCalls = new AtomicInteger();
+
+    TestLlm testLlm = spy(createTestLlm(createLlmResponse(fallbackContent)));
+    doThrow(modelError).when(testLlm).generateContent(any(LlmRequest.class), anyBoolean());
+
+    Callbacks.OnModelErrorCallback onErrorCallback =
+        (ctx, request, error) -> {
+          callbackCalls.incrementAndGet();
+          assertThat(error).isSameInstanceAs(modelError);
+          return Maybe.just(createLlmResponse(fallbackContent));
+        };
+
+    InvocationContext invocationContext =
+        createInvocationContext(
+            createTestAgentBuilder(testLlm).onModelErrorCallback(onErrorCallback).build());
+
+    List<Event> events =
+        createBaseLlmFlowWithoutProcessors().run(invocationContext).toList().blockingGet();
+
+    assertThat(callbackCalls.get()).isEqualTo(1);
+    assertThat(events).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(getOnlyElement(events).content()).hasValue(fallbackContent);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void run_synchronousModelError_emptyCallbackPropagatesOriginalError() {
+    RuntimeException modelError = new RuntimeException("Model request failed");
+    AtomicInteger callbackCalls = new AtomicInteger();
+
+    TestLlm testLlm =
+        spy(createTestLlm(createLlmResponse(Content.fromParts(Part.fromText("Unused")))));
+    doThrow(modelError).when(testLlm).generateContent(any(LlmRequest.class), anyBoolean());
+
+    Callbacks.OnModelErrorCallback onErrorCallback =
+        (ctx, request, error) -> {
+          callbackCalls.incrementAndGet();
+          assertThat(error).isSameInstanceAs(modelError);
+          return Maybe.empty();
+        };
+
+    InvocationContext invocationContext =
+        createInvocationContext(
+            createTestAgentBuilder(testLlm).onModelErrorCallback(onErrorCallback).build());
+
+    RuntimeException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            RuntimeException.class,
+            () ->
+                createBaseLlmFlowWithoutProcessors().run(invocationContext).toList().blockingGet());
+
+    assertThat(thrown).isSameInstanceAs(modelError);
+    assertThat(callbackCalls.get()).isEqualTo(1);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void run_singleTextResponse_returnsSingleEvent() {
     Content content = Content.fromParts(Part.fromText("LLM response"));