diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/llm_service.py b/src/pipecat/services/llm_service.py
index 9310ec78b..77c1412a5 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/llm_service.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/llm_service.py
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ from typing import (
     Any,
     Generic,
     Protocol,
-    TypeVar,
     cast,
 )
 
 from loguru import logger
+from typing_extensions import TypeVar
 from websockets.exceptions import ConnectionClosed
 from websockets.protocol import State
 
@@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ class FunctionCallParams:
     function_name: str
     tool_call_id: str
     arguments: Mapping[str, Any]
-    llm: LLMService
+    # `LLMService[Any]` so any concrete subclass (regardless of how — or
+    # whether — it parameterizes the adapter type) can be assigned here.
+    # Plain `LLMService` would invoke the TypeVar default and pyright would
+    # treat it invariantly, rejecting `LLMService[XAdapter]` at the call
+    # sites that build FunctionCallParams.
+    llm: LLMService[Any]
     context: LLMContext
     result_callback: FunctionCallResultCallback
     app_resources: Any = None
@@ -193,7 +198,11 @@ class FunctionCallRunnerItem:
     group_id: str | None = None
 
 
-TAdapter = TypeVar("TAdapter", bound=BaseLLMAdapter)
+# `default=BaseLLMAdapter` (PEP 696) so that unparameterized subclasses
+# (e.g. third-party `class MyService(LLMService):` with no bracket) get
+# `TAdapter = BaseLLMAdapter` instead of `Unknown` at type-check time —
+# matching the pre-generic behavior of `get_llm_adapter()`.
+TAdapter = TypeVar("TAdapter", bound=BaseLLMAdapter, default=BaseLLMAdapter)
 
 
 class LLMService(UserTurnCompletionLLMServiceMixin, AIService, Generic[TAdapter]):
@@ -1172,7 +1181,11 @@ class WebsocketLLMService(LLMService[TAdapter], WebsocketService, Generic[TAdapt
             reconnect_on_error: Whether to automatically reconnect on websocket errors.
             **kwargs: Additional arguments passed to parent classes.
         """
-        LLMService.__init__(self, **kwargs)
+        # pyright stumbles here because the TypeVar default makes
+        # `LLMService` resolve to `LLMService[BaseLLMAdapter]` invariantly,
+        # while `self` is `WebsocketLLMService[TAdapter]` for an arbitrary
+        # TAdapter. The runtime call is fine — generics are erased.
+        LLMService.__init__(self, **kwargs)  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
         WebsocketService.__init__(self, reconnect_on_error=reconnect_on_error, **kwargs)
         self._register_event_handler("on_connection_error")