diff --git a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
index 89559ff72ae..3e7edd8cd06 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
@@ -148,7 +148,13 @@ for i = 1, descriptor_count do
         current_counter = tonumber(redis.call('GET', counter_key) or 0)
     end
 
-    if current_counter + increment > limit then
+    local blocked
+    if increment > 0 then
+        blocked = current_counter + increment > limit
+    else
+        blocked = current_counter >= limit
+    end
+    if blocked then
         return { 1, i, current_counter, limit }
     end
 
@@ -1534,7 +1540,12 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler_v3(CustomLogger):
                     or 0
                 )
             )
-            if current_counter + meta["increment"] > meta["current_limit"]:
+            over_limit = (
+                current_counter + meta["increment"] > meta["current_limit"]
+                if meta["increment"] > 0
+                else current_counter >= meta["current_limit"]
+            )
+            if over_limit:
                 return RateLimitResponse(
                     overall_code="OVER_LIMIT",
                     statuses=[
@@ -1596,7 +1607,16 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler_v3(CustomLogger):
         shared primitive.
         """
         tpm_descriptors: List[RateLimitDescriptor] = [
-            d for d in descriptors if (d.get("rate_limit") or {}).get("tokens_per_unit") is not None
+            RateLimitDescriptor(
+                key=d["key"],
+                value=d["value"],
+                rate_limit=RateLimitDescriptorRateLimitObject(
+                    tokens_per_unit=(d.get("rate_limit") or {}).get("tokens_per_unit"),
+                    window_size=(d.get("rate_limit") or {}).get("window_size"),
+                ),
+            )
+            for d in descriptors
+            if (d.get("rate_limit") or {}).get("tokens_per_unit") is not None
         ]
         if not tpm_descriptors:
             return RateLimitResponse(overall_code="OK", statuses=[])
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
index 7b3f00a55a8..1c29c287c3a 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
@@ -5035,17 +5035,20 @@ async def test_atomic_check_with_zero_increment_still_enforces_token_limit():
     await handler.async_increment_tokens_with_ttl_preservation(
         pipeline_operations=[
             RedisPipelineIncrementOperation(
-                key=counter_key, increment_value=150, ttl=60
+                key=counter_key, increment_value=100, ttl=60
             )
         ],
     )
 
-    over_limit = await handler.atomic_check_and_increment_by_n(
+    at_limit = await handler.atomic_check_and_increment_by_n(
         descriptors=[descriptor],
         increments=[zero_token_increment],
     )
-    assert over_limit["overall_code"] == "OVER_LIMIT"
-    blocked = over_limit["statuses"][0]
+    assert at_limit["overall_code"] == "OVER_LIMIT", (
+        "a check-only pass must block once recorded usage reaches the limit, "
+        "matching RPM's >= semantics; > would leak one extra request"
+    )
+    blocked = at_limit["statuses"][0]
     assert blocked["rate_limit_type"] == "tokens"
     assert blocked["current_limit"] == 100
 
@@ -5053,7 +5056,7 @@ async def test_atomic_check_with_zero_increment_still_enforces_token_limit():
         await handler.internal_usage_cache.async_get_cache(
             key=counter_key, litellm_parent_otel_span=None, local_only=True
         )
-        == 150
+        == 100
     )
 
     negative_increment: Dict[str, int] = {"requests": -1, "tokens": -50}
@@ -5067,5 +5070,33 @@ async def test_atomic_check_with_zero_increment_still_enforces_token_limit():
         await handler.internal_usage_cache.async_get_cache(
             key=counter_key, litellm_parent_otel_span=None, local_only=True
         )
-        == 150
+        == 100
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_reserve_tpm_tokens_never_evaluates_the_requests_dimension():
+    """The reservation path deliberately leaves RPM to the separate
+    should_rate_limit pass. Now that zero-increment counters are checked
+    instead of skipped, reserve_tpm_tokens must strip requests_per_unit from
+    its descriptors or an exhausted RPM budget would double-enforce here."""
+    from litellm.proxy.hooks.parallel_request_limiter_v3 import RateLimitDescriptor
+
+    handler = _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler(
+        internal_usage_cache=InternalUsageCache(DualCache())
+    )
+    descriptor = RateLimitDescriptor(
+        key="api_key",
+        value="reserve-test-key",
+        rate_limit={"requests_per_unit": 0, "tokens_per_unit": 1000, "window_size": 60},
+    )
+
+    response = await handler.reserve_tpm_tokens(
+        descriptors=[descriptor],
+        estimated_tokens=10,
+    )
+    assert response["overall_code"] == "OK", (
+        "an exhausted requests budget (limit 0) must not block the token "
+        f"reservation pass, got: {response}"
+    )
+    assert [s["rate_limit_type"] for s in response["statuses"]] == ["tokens"]