diff --git a/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/azure.py b/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/azure.py
index be8ddcc8b9e..70e50b2dd08 100644
--- a/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/azure.py
+++ b/libs/partners/openai/langchain_openai/embeddings/azure.py
@@ -173,13 +173,15 @@ class AzureOpenAIEmbeddings(OpenAIEmbeddings):  # type: ignore[override]
         # between azure_endpoint and base_url (openai_api_base).
         openai_api_base = self.openai_api_base
         if openai_api_base and self.validate_base_url:
-            if "/openai" not in openai_api_base:
-                self.openai_api_base = cast(str, self.openai_api_base) + "/openai"
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "As of openai>=1.0.0, Azure endpoints should be specified via "
-                    "the `azure_endpoint` param not `openai_api_base` "
-                    "(or alias `base_url`). "
-                )
+            # Only validate openai_api_base if azure_endpoint is not provided
+            if not self.azure_endpoint:
+                if "/openai" not in openai_api_base:
+                    self.openai_api_base = cast(str, self.openai_api_base) + "/openai"
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        "As of openai>=1.0.0, Azure endpoints should be specified via "
+                        "the `azure_endpoint` param not `openai_api_base` "
+                        "(or alias `base_url`). "
+                    )
             if self.deployment:
                 raise ValueError(
                     "As of openai>=1.0.0, if `deployment` (or alias "