diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.test.tsx
index 65f7a13652d..677c8859eb2 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.test.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ describe("TeamAdminSettingsForm", () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(onSave).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ tpm_limit: null }));
   });
 
+  it("keeps Save disabled until the TPM limit differs from the team's", () => {
+    renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]));
+    const tpmInput = screen.getByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)");
+    const save = screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i });
+
+    expect(save).toBeDisabled();
+    fireEvent.change(tpmInput, { target: { value: "5000" } });
+    expect(save).toBeEnabled();
+    fireEvent.change(tpmInput, { target: { value: "1000" } });
+    expect(save).toBeDisabled();
+  });
+
   it("closes without saving on cancel", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const { onSave, onCancel } = renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]));
@@ -65,6 +77,7 @@ describe("TeamAdminSettingsForm", () => {
 
   it("locks both buttons while a save is in flight", () => {
     renderForm(new Set(["tpm_limit"]), { isSaving: true });
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByLabelText("Tokens per minute Limit (TPM)"), { target: { value: "5000" } });
 
     expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" })).toBeDisabled();
     expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /save changes/i })).toBeDisabled();
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.tsx
index 581215b7fdf..140533fada5 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/TeamAdminSettingsForm.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { Save } from "lucide-react";
+import { useWatch } from "react-hook-form";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
 
 import { FormField } from "@/components/shared/form/FormField";
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ export default function TeamAdminSettingsForm({
   onSave,
 }: TeamAdminSettingsFormProps) {
   const form = useZodForm(teamAdminSettingsSchema, { defaultValues: initialValues });
-  const submit = form.handleSubmit((values) => onSave(teamAdminSettingsChanges(values, editableFields)));
+  const draft = useWatch({ control: form.control });
+  const hasChanges = Object.keys(teamAdminSettingsChanges(draft, initialValues, editableFields)).length > 0;
+  const submit = form.handleSubmit((values) => onSave(teamAdminSettingsChanges(values, initialValues, editableFields)));
 
   return (
     <form onSubmit={(event) => void submit(event)}>
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ export default function TeamAdminSettingsForm({
         <Button type="button" variant="outline" onClick={onCancel} disabled={isSaving}>
           Cancel
         </Button>
-        <Button type="submit" disabled={isSaving}>
+        <Button type="submit" disabled={isSaving || !hasChanges}>
           {isSaving ? <UiLoadingSpinner className="size-4" /> : <Save className="size-4" />}
           Save Changes
         </Button>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.test.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.test.ts
index c8117800053..ded6d775ce8 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.test.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.test.ts
@@ -20,21 +20,31 @@ describe("teamAdminFieldLabel", () => {
 
 describe("teamAdminSettingsChanges", () => {
   const tpmEnabled = new Set(["tpm_limit"]);
+  const stored = { tpm_limit: 1000 };
 
   it.each([
     ["a typed number string", "5000", 5000],
-    ["a stored number", 1200, 1200],
+    ["a number", 1200, 1200],
     ["zero", "0", 0],
     ["an emptied input", "", null],
     ["whitespace", "  ", null],
-    ["no stored limit", null, null],
+    ["no limit", null, null],
     ["an unset value", undefined, null],
-  ])("sends tpm_limit for %s", (_label, tpm_limit, expected) => {
-    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit }, tpmEnabled)).toStrictEqual({ tpm_limit: expected });
+  ])("sends tpm_limit changed to %s", (_label, tpm_limit, expected) => {
+    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit }, stored, tpmEnabled)).toStrictEqual({ tpm_limit: expected });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["the stored number", 1000, { tpm_limit: 1000 }],
+    ["the stored number typed back in", "1000", { tpm_limit: 1000 }],
+    ["an emptied input over no stored limit", "", { tpm_limit: null }],
+    ["an unset value over no stored limit", undefined, { tpm_limit: null }],
+  ])("sends nothing for %s", (_label, tpm_limit, initialValues) => {
+    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit }, initialValues, tpmEnabled)).toStrictEqual({});
   });
 
   it("leaves tpm_limit out when the proxy did not enable it for team admins", () => {
-    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit: "5000" }, new Set(["max_budget"]))).toStrictEqual({});
+    expect(teamAdminSettingsChanges({ tpm_limit: "5000" }, stored, new Set(["max_budget"]))).toStrictEqual({});
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.ts
index d38566eefda..73129923907 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/team/teamAdminEditAccess.ts
@@ -59,8 +59,14 @@ const numberOrNull = (value: string | number | null | undefined): number | null
 
 export const teamAdminSettingsChanges = (
   values: TeamAdminSettingsValues,
+  initialValues: TeamAdminSettingsValues,
   editableFields: ReadonlySet<string>,
-): TeamAdminSettingsChanges => (editableFields.has("tpm_limit") ? { tpm_limit: numberOrNull(values.tpm_limit) } : {});
+): TeamAdminSettingsChanges => {
+  const tpmLimit = numberOrNull(values.tpm_limit);
+  return editableFields.has("tpm_limit") && tpmLimit !== numberOrNull(initialValues.tpm_limit)
+    ? { tpm_limit: tpmLimit }
+    : {};
+};
 
 export const parseTeamEditAccess = (callerEditAccess: unknown): TeamEditAccess => {
   const parsed = callerEditAccessSchema.safeParse(callerEditAccess);