diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/deepinfra.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/deepinfra.py
index 37fef6763b7..3de532b0c49 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/deepinfra.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/deepinfra.py
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ class ChatDeepInfra(BaseChatModel):
     streaming: bool = False
     max_retries: int = 1
 
+    class Config:
+        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
+
+        allow_population_by_field_name = True
+
     @property
     def _default_params(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Get the default parameters for calling OpenAI API."""
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_deepinfra.py b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_deepinfra.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48a1d08a2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/community/tests/unit_tests/chat_models/test_deepinfra.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from langchain_community.chat_models import ChatDeepInfra
+
+
+def test_deepinfra_model_name_param() -> None:
+    llm = ChatDeepInfra(model_name="foo")  # type: ignore[call-arg]
+    assert llm.model_name == "foo"
+
+
+def test_deepinfra_model_param() -> None:
+    llm = ChatDeepInfra(model="foo")
+    assert llm.model_name == "foo"