diff --git a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
index dc53a39ea99..50ff8cd6f32 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/prometheus.py
@@ -4230,30 +4230,30 @@ class PrometheusLogger(CustomLogger):
                 max_budget=max_budget if max_budget is not None else carried.max_budget,
                 budget_reset_at=carried.budget_reset_at,
             )
-        team_object: Final = LiteLLM_TeamTable(
-            team_id=team_id,
-            team_alias=team_alias,
-            spend=_total_team_spend,
-            max_budget=max_budget,
-        )
+        team_info: LiteLLM_TeamTable | None = None
         try:
-            team_info: Final = await get_team_object(
+            team_info = await get_team_object(
                 team_id=team_id,
                 prisma_client=prisma_client,
                 user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache,
             )
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_logger.debug("[Non-Blocking] Prometheus: Error getting team info: %s", e)
-            return team_object
 
-        if team_info:
-            team_object.budget_reset_at = team_info.budget_reset_at
-            if team_object.max_budget is None and team_info.max_budget is not None:
-                team_object.max_budget = team_info.max_budget
-            if spend is None and team_info.spend is not None:
-                team_object.spend = team_info.spend + response_cost
-
-        return team_object
+        # metadata spend of None means "unknown", not "nothing spent" -- fall back to the DB value
+        _base_spend: Final = (
+            spend if spend is not None else (team_info.spend if team_info and team_info.spend is not None else 0)
+        )
+        _resolved_max_budget: Final = (
+            max_budget if max_budget is not None else (team_info.max_budget if team_info else None)
+        )
+        return LiteLLM_TeamTable(
+            team_id=team_id,
+            team_alias=team_alias,
+            spend=_base_spend + response_cost,
+            max_budget=_resolved_max_budget,
+            budget_reset_at=team_info.budget_reset_at if team_info else None,
+        )
 
     def _set_team_budget_metrics(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/unit/integrations/test_prometheus_user_team_metrics.py b/tests/unit/integrations/test_prometheus_user_team_metrics.py
index e10caae1c96..3b9007f21e3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/integrations/test_prometheus_user_team_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/integrations/test_prometheus_user_team_metrics.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ async def test_assemble_team_object_uses_db_spend_when_metadata_is_none(
         team_object = await prometheus_logger._assemble_team_object(
             team_id="team-1",
             team_alias="team-a",
-            spend=None,  # simulates None coming from request metadata
+            spend=None,
             max_budget=1000.0,
             response_cost=0.5,
         )
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ async def test_assemble_team_object_does_not_override_metadata_spend(
         team_object = await prometheus_logger._assemble_team_object(
             team_id="team-1",
             team_alias="team-a",
-            spend=50.0,  # metadata has a real value
+            spend=50.0,
             max_budget=1000.0,
             response_cost=1.0,
         )