diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ModelInfoEditForm.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ModelInfoEditForm.tsx
index 7fa51d73b32..d76d7c88437 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ModelInfoEditForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/ModelInfoEditForm.tsx
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ const ModelInfoEditForm: React.FC<ModelInfoEditFormProps> = ({
                     return (
                       <Select
                         items={items}
-                        value={(value as string) ?? ""}
+                        value={(value as string | undefined) || null}
                         onValueChange={(selected: string | null) => onChange(selected ?? "")}
                       >
                         <SelectTrigger id={id} className="w-full" onBlur={onBlur}>
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
index c5a03b0eed1..7abbcf91fc6 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/model_info_view.test.tsx
@@ -1668,7 +1668,19 @@ describe("ModelInfoView", () => {
       expect(payload.model_info.team_id).toBe("team-2");
     });
 
-    it("only offers a team admin the teams they administer", async () => {
+    it("shows the Team ID placeholder for a model with no team", async () => {
+      mockUseTeams.mockReturnValue({
+        data: [{ team_id: "team-1", team_alias: "alpha" }],
+        isLoading: false,
+        error: null,
+      });
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      await enterEditMode(user);
+
+      expect(screen.getByText("Select a team")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it.each(["Internal User", "Org Admin"])("only offers a %s the teams they administer", async (userRole) => {
       mockUseTeams.mockReturnValue({
         data: [
           { team_id: "team-1", team_alias: "alpha", members_with_roles: [{ user_id: "123", role: "admin" }] },
@@ -1685,7 +1697,7 @@ describe("ModelInfoView", () => {
       mockUseModelsInfo.mockReturnValue({ data: { data: [teamModel] }, isLoading: false, error: null });
       mockModelInfoV1Call.mockResolvedValue({ data: [teamModel] });
       const user = userEvent.setup();
-      render(<ModelInfoView {...DEFAULT_ADMIN_PROPS} userRole="Internal User" />, { wrapper });
+      render(<ModelInfoView {...DEFAULT_ADMIN_PROPS} userRole={userRole} />, { wrapper });
       await user.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: /edit settings/i }));
 
       await user.click(await screen.findByText("alpha (team-1)"));
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/roles.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/roles.ts
index 785f6ff78f4..bab44c29dc1 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/roles.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/roles.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const teamsUserCanAssign = (
   userRole: string | null,
   userID: string | null,
 ): Team[] | null => {
-  if (teams == null || all_admin_roles.includes(userRole ?? "") || isOrgAdminSessionRole(userRole)) {
+  if (teams == null || isProxyAdminRole(userRole ?? "")) {
     return teams;
   }
   return teams.filter((team) => isUserTeamAdminForSingleTeam(team.members_with_roles, userID ?? ""));