diff --git a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
index a9fefdef3b3..9d97014d95d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/hooks/parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
@@ -4236,9 +4236,10 @@ class _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler_v3(CustomLogger):
                         min_configured_tpm_limit,
                     )
 
+                capped_request: Final = _REQUEST_RATE_LIMIT_DATA.validate_python(data)
                 ptu_estimated_tokens: Final = self._estimate_ptu_tokens_for_request(
                     ceiling=stash.ptu_ceiling,
-                    data=request_data,
+                    data=capped_request,
                     min_configured_tpm_limit=min_configured_tpm_limit,
                     call_type=call_type,
                     configured_output_tokens=configured_output_tokens,
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py b/tests/unit/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
index 192443a0d32..0dccfd72856 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/hooks/test_parallel_request_limiter_v3.py
@@ -7561,6 +7561,28 @@ async def test_a_one_ptu_share_admits_four_uncapped_requests_a_minute_and_reject
     assert all(data["max_tokens"] * 4 <= 3000 // 4 for data in admitted)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_an_uncapped_prompt_longer_than_the_output_floor_reserves_the_cap_the_proxy_writes():
+    """Without a cap the output budget defaults to the prompt's own length, so a long prompt would be
+    reserved twice, weighted 4:1, and refused on an empty window. The ceiling counts the cap the proxy
+    writes into the request instead, the same output the deployment can produce."""
+    cache = DualCache()
+    resolve, _ = _ptu_ceiling_for("t", "test-model", tpm_limit=3000, ratio=4.0)
+    handler = _PROXY_MaxParallelRequestsHandler(
+        internal_usage_cache=InternalUsageCache(cache), ptu_team_ceiling_resolver=resolve
+    )
+    key = UserAPIKeyAuth(api_key=hash_token("sk-ptu"), team_id="t")
+    data = {"model": "test-model", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "word " * 1200}]}
+
+    await handler.async_pre_call_hook(user_api_key_dict=key, cache=cache, data=data, call_type="acompletion")
+
+    stash = get_request_stash()
+    assert stash is not None
+    assert data["max_tokens"] * 4 <= 3000 // 4
+    assert stash.ptu_reserved_tokens == stash.reserved_tokens + 3 * data["max_tokens"]
+    assert stash.ptu_reserved_tokens <= 3000
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_the_ptu_counter_holds_the_normalized_reservation_beside_the_raw_one():
     cache = DualCache()