diff --git a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.OpenAI/Providers/Chat/ChatCompletionProvider.cs b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.OpenAI/Providers/Chat/ChatCompletionProvider.cs
index efa12572b..198836d39 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.OpenAI/Providers/Chat/ChatCompletionProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.OpenAI/Providers/Chat/ChatCompletionProvider.cs
@@ -595,8 +595,12 @@ private ChatCompletionOptions InitChatCompletionOption(Agent agent)
         float? temperature = null;
         ChatReasoningEffortLevel? reasoningEffortLevel = null;
 
-        var level = _state.GetState("reasoning_effort_level")
-                          .IfNullOrEmptyAs(agent?.LlmConfig?.ReasoningEffortLevel);
+        var level = _state.GetState("reasoning_effort_level");
+
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(level) && _model == agent?.LlmConfig?.Model)
+        {
+            level = agent?.LlmConfig?.ReasoningEffortLevel;
+        }
 
         if (settings == null)
         {