diff --git a/benchmarks/backend_request_func.py b/benchmarks/backend_request_func.py
index 0f13c79a..ea70a1f4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backend_request_func.py
+++ b/benchmarks/backend_request_func.py
@@ -219,7 +219,15 @@ async def async_request_deepspeed_mii(
                 if response.status == 200:
                     parsed_resp = await response.json()
                     output.latency = time.perf_counter() - st
-                    output.generated_text = parsed_resp["text"][0]
+                    if "choices" in parsed_resp:
+                        output.generated_text = parsed_resp["choices"][0][
+                            "text"]
+                    elif "text" in parsed_resp:
+                        output.generated_text = parsed_resp["text"][0]
+                    else:
+                        output.error = ("Unexpected response format: "
+                                        "neither 'choices' nor 'text' found")
+                        output.success = False
                     output.success = True
                 else:
                     output.error = response.reason or ""