diff --git a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_batch_cost.py b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_batch_cost.py
index 595a8d04bed..bd7f3c93ff3 100644
--- a/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_batch_cost.py
+++ b/enterprise/litellm_enterprise/proxy/common_utils/check_batch_cost.py
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ class CheckBatchCost:
             return org_id
         api_key = getattr(job, "api_key", None)
         team_id = getattr(job, "team_id", None)
-        try:
-            if api_key:
+        if api_key:
+            try:
                 key_row: prisma_models.LiteLLM_VerificationToken | None = (
                     await self.prisma_client.db.litellm_verificationtoken.find_unique(
                         where={"token": api_key}
@@ -161,16 +161,22 @@ class CheckBatchCost:
                 key_org_id = getattr(key_row, "org_id", None) if key_row is not None else None
                 if key_org_id:
                     return key_org_id
-            if team_id:
-                team_row: prisma_models.LiteLLM_TeamTable | None = (
-                    await self.prisma_client.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique(
-                        where={"team_id": team_id}
-                    )
+            except Exception as e:
+                verbose_proxy_logger.error(
+                    f"CheckBatchCost: could not resolve the key's org for batch {batch_id}, "
+                    f"still trying the team's: {e}"
                 )
-                return getattr(team_row, "organization_id", None) if team_row is not None else None
+        if not team_id:
             return None
+        try:
+            team_row: prisma_models.LiteLLM_TeamTable | None = (
+                await self.prisma_client.db.litellm_teamtable.find_unique(
+                    where={"team_id": team_id}
+                )
+            )
+            return getattr(team_row, "organization_id", None) if team_row is not None else None
         except Exception as e:
-            verbose_proxy_logger.error(f"CheckBatchCost: could not resolve org for batch {batch_id}: {e}")
+            verbose_proxy_logger.error(f"CheckBatchCost: could not resolve the team's org for batch {batch_id}: {e}")
             return None
 
     async def _build_creator_attribution_metadata(
diff --git a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_check_batch_cost.py b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_check_batch_cost.py
index 92b946e19b1..59dfb67c486 100644
--- a/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_check_batch_cost.py
+++ b/tests/proxy_unit_tests/test_check_batch_cost.py
@@ -2600,6 +2600,23 @@ class TestBatchCostAttribution:
 
         assert metadata["user_api_key_org_id"] == "org-team"
 
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_key_lookup_failure_still_bills_the_team_org(self):
+        """A key-table error while resolving a legacy row's org must not drop the team's
+        organization: the two lookups fail independently, so org spend still lands."""
+        from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+        instance = self._instance(
+            team_row=SimpleNamespace(team_alias="Team Alpha", organization_id="org-team"),
+        )
+        instance.prisma_client.db.litellm_verificationtoken.find_unique = AsyncMock(
+            side_effect=Exception("db down")
+        )
+
+        metadata = await instance._build_creator_attribution_metadata(self._job(), "batch-1")
+
+        assert metadata["user_api_key_org_id"] == "org-team"
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_no_org_leaves_the_key_unset(self):
         """Without any org the key is absent entirely, so the spend writer's org update