diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index 6ed283d898b..99a867a5d07 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.auth.budget_throttle import (
 )
 from litellm.proxy.spend_tracking.budget_reservation import get_budget_window_start
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.cache_pydantic_utils import CacheCodec
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.timezone_utils import get_budget_reset_time
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.http_parsing_utils import (
     _safe_get_request_headers,
     _safe_get_request_query_params,
@@ -1677,6 +1678,13 @@ async def get_user_object(
                     new_user_params["user_email"] = user_email
                 if litellm.default_internal_user_params is not None:
                     new_user_params.update(litellm.default_internal_user_params)
+                if (
+                    new_user_params.get("budget_duration") is not None
+                    and new_user_params.get("budget_reset_at") is None
+                ):
+                    new_user_params["budget_reset_at"] = get_budget_reset_time(
+                        budget_duration=new_user_params["budget_duration"]
+                    )
 
                 response = await UserRepository(prisma_client).table.create(
                     data=new_user_params,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
index 2da645bf4e1..5e07d1bcbc5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
 
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 import httpx
 import pytest
@@ -744,6 +744,51 @@ async def test_default_internal_user_params_with_get_user_object(monkeypatch):
     assert creation_args["user_role"] == "internal_user"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("has_budget_duration", [True, False])
+async def test_get_user_object_upsert_sets_budget_reset_at(monkeypatch, has_budget_duration):
+    """The JWT first-login upsert must compute budget_reset_at when
+    default_internal_user_params carries a budget_duration; otherwise the row
+    lands with budget_reset_at=NULL and shows a null reset time until the next
+    reset sweep heals it. Without a budget_duration, no reset time is written."""
+    default_params = {"max_budget": 300.0}
+    if has_budget_duration:
+        default_params["budget_duration"] = "24h"
+    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "default_internal_user_params", default_params)
+
+    mock_prisma_client = MagicMock()
+    mock_prisma_client.db = AsyncMock()
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_unique = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.find_first = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.create = AsyncMock(return_value=MagicMock(organization_memberships=[]))
+
+    mock_cache = MagicMock()
+    mock_cache.async_get_cache = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+    mock_cache.async_set_cache = AsyncMock()
+
+    user_id = f"jwt_upsert_reset_at_{has_budget_duration}"
+    try:
+        await get_user_object(
+            user_id=user_id,
+            prisma_client=mock_prisma_client,
+            user_api_key_cache=mock_cache,
+            user_id_upsert=True,
+            proxy_logging_obj=None,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+    mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.create.assert_called_once()
+    creation_args = mock_prisma_client.db.litellm_usertable.create.call_args[1]["data"]
+
+    if has_budget_duration:
+        reset_at = creation_args.get("budget_reset_at")
+        assert isinstance(reset_at, datetime), f"expected a computed budget_reset_at, got {creation_args!r}"
+        assert reset_at > datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    else:
+        assert "budget_reset_at" not in creation_args
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_user_object_wraps_db_outage_as_valueerror_preserving_context():
     """Pin get_user_object's exception contract: it catches every DB failure in a broad except and