diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py b/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
index 98c788b6fc4..a1838c3d4d1 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ class DBSpendUpdateWriter:
                 team_id=team_id,
                 user_id=user_id,
                 prisma_client=prisma_client,
-                tokens=payload["total_tokens"],
+                tokens=payload["total_tokens"] if "total_tokens" in payload else 0,
             )
         except Exception:
             verbose_proxy_logger.debug(