diff --git a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
index b1d3ee8e358..4b8b341a4bf 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/spend_management_endpoints.py
@@ -2047,18 +2047,22 @@ async def ui_view_spend_logs(  # noqa: PLR0915
             sql_params.append(f"%{error_message}%")
             p += 1
 
-        # Build the ORDER BY expression. NULLS LAST keeps rows without a
-        # meaningful value for the sorted column at the bottom regardless of
-        # direction. ttft_ms is computed from completionStartTime - startTime;
-        # non-streaming rows (where completionStartTime is null or equals
-        # endTime) yield NULL so they sort last.
+        # Build the ORDER BY expression. ttft_ms is computed from
+        # completionStartTime - startTime; non-streaming rows (where
+        # completionStartTime is null or equals endTime) yield NULL, so we
+        # append NULLS LAST in that case to keep them at the bottom regardless
+        # of direction. The other sort columns are non-null in the result set,
+        # so we leave the NULLS clause off and preserve their existing DESC
+        # semantics.
         _sql_dir = "ASC" if order_direction == "asc" else "DESC"
+        _nulls_clause = ""
         if order_column == "ttft_ms":
             _order_expr = (
                 'CASE WHEN "completionStartTime" IS NULL '
                 'OR "completionStartTime" = "endTime" THEN NULL '
                 'ELSE (EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ("completionStartTime" - "startTime")) * 1000) END'
             )
+            _nulls_clause = " NULLS LAST"
         elif order_column in ("startTime", "endTime"):
             _order_expr = f'"{order_column}"'
         else:
@@ -2076,7 +2080,7 @@ async def ui_view_spend_logs(  # noqa: PLR0915
                 COALESCE(request_duration_ms, (EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM ("endTime" - "startTime")) * 1000)::INTEGER) AS request_duration_ms
             FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogs"
             WHERE {" AND ".join(sql_conditions)}
-            ORDER BY {_order_expr} {_sql_dir} NULLS LAST
+            ORDER BY {_order_expr} {_sql_dir}{_nulls_clause}
             LIMIT ${p} OFFSET ${p + 1}
         """
         sql_params.extend([page_size, skip])
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py
index ab477151fa9..4bcabfe853a 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/spend_tracking/test_spend_management_endpoints.py
@@ -833,7 +833,10 @@ async def test_ui_view_spend_logs_sort_by_model(
 
     async def mock_query_raw(sql_query, *params):
         assert "model" in sql_query
-        assert "NULLS LAST" in sql_query
+        # model is non-nullable in the schema, so NULLS LAST should NOT be
+        # appended — only ttft_ms gets that clause. This guards against
+        # accidentally widening the change to all sort columns.
+        assert "NULLS LAST" not in sql_query
         reverse = "DESC" in sql_query
         sorted_logs = sorted(
             base_logs, key=lambda x: x.get("model", ""), reverse=reverse