diff --git a/langchain/chat_models/openai.py b/langchain/chat_models/openai.py
index fbc888111e9..28d59182c1f 100644
--- a/langchain/chat_models/openai.py
+++ b/langchain/chat_models/openai.py
@@ -289,30 +289,9 @@ class ChatOpenAI(BaseChatModel):
             **self.model_kwargs,
         }
 
-    def _create_retry_decorator(self) -> Callable[[Any], Any]:
-        import openai
-
-        min_seconds = 1
-        max_seconds = 60
-        # Wait 2^x * 1 second between each retry starting with
-        # 4 seconds, then up to 10 seconds, then 10 seconds afterwards
-        return retry(
-            reraise=True,
-            stop=stop_after_attempt(self.max_retries),
-            wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=min_seconds, max=max_seconds),
-            retry=(
-                retry_if_exception_type(openai.error.Timeout)
-                | retry_if_exception_type(openai.error.APIError)
-                | retry_if_exception_type(openai.error.APIConnectionError)
-                | retry_if_exception_type(openai.error.RateLimitError)
-                | retry_if_exception_type(openai.error.ServiceUnavailableError)
-            ),
-            before_sleep=before_sleep_log(logger, logging.WARNING),
-        )
-
     def completion_with_retry(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         """Use tenacity to retry the completion call."""
-        retry_decorator = self._create_retry_decorator()
+        retry_decorator = _create_retry_decorator(self)
 
         @retry_decorator
         def _completion_with_retry(**kwargs: Any) -> Any: