diff --git a/litellm/router_utils/ptu_shares.py b/litellm/router_utils/ptu_shares.py
index 64d9cf1dc8a..858e5260b54 100644
--- a/litellm/router_utils/ptu_shares.py
+++ b/litellm/router_utils/ptu_shares.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Final, Generic, TypeVar
 
-from litellm.litellm_core_utils.ptu_pricing import is_model_info_mapping, parsed_ptu_shares, ptu_terms
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.ptu_pricing import is_model_info_mapping, ptu_terms
 from litellm.llms.azure.ptu_capacity import PTUCapacity, deployment_ptu_capacity, is_azure_deployment
 from litellm.router_utils.common_utils import team_may_use_deployment
 
@@ -36,10 +36,17 @@ class PTUShareFilterResult(Generic[_DeploymentT]):
 
 
 def _deployment_shares(deployment: Mapping[str, object]) -> Mapping[str, int] | None:
+    """The teams a deployment's capacity is split across, else None.
+
+    Only a map registration would accept counts, read through the same terms flat cost accrues
+    under, so a row that reached the table without its count, rate and start reserves nothing
+    instead of refusing every other team while charging nobody.
+    """
     model_info: Final = deployment.get("model_info")
-    if not is_model_info_mapping(model_info):
+    if not is_model_info_mapping(model_info) or model_info.get("ptu_shares") is None:
         return None
-    return parsed_ptu_shares(model_info.get("ptu_shares"))
+    terms: Final = ptu_terms(model_info)
+    return None if terms is None else terms.shares
 
 
 def filter_ptu_shared_deployments(
diff --git a/tests/unit/router_utils/test_ptu_shares.py b/tests/unit/router_utils/test_ptu_shares.py
index 0e1fd165dee..ae4e26bac74 100644
--- a/tests/unit/router_utils/test_ptu_shares.py
+++ b/tests/unit/router_utils/test_ptu_shares.py
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ _GPT6SOL: Final = AZURE_PTU_CAPACITY["gpt-6-sol"]
 _SHARES: Final = {"team-a": 30, "team-b": 20}
 
 
-def _shared(model: str = "azure/gpt-4.1", shares: object = _SHARES, deployment_id: str = "shared") -> dict:
+def _shared(
+    model: str = "azure/gpt-4.1", shares: object = _SHARES, deployment_id: str = "shared", ptu_count: int | None = None
+) -> dict:
     return {
         "model_name": "gpt-4.1-ptu",
         "litellm_params": {"model": model},
         "model_info": {
             "id": deployment_id,
-            "ptu_count": 50,
+            "ptu_count": ptu_count or (sum(shares.values()) if isinstance(shares, dict) else 50),
             "cost_per_ptu_per_hour": 1.0,
             "ptu_effective_from": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
             "ptu_shares": shares,
@@ -81,6 +83,23 @@ def test_a_single_team_deployment_and_a_malformed_share_map_are_not_filtered_her
     assert result.withheld is False
 
 
+_TERMLESS_SHARED: Final = {
+    "model_name": "gpt-4.1-ptu",
+    "litellm_params": {"model": "azure/gpt-4.1"},
+    "model_info": {"id": "shared", "ptu_shares": _SHARES},
+}
+
+
+def test_a_share_map_registration_would_refuse_reserves_nothing():
+    """Registration refuses ``ptu_shares`` without the count, rate and start they split, and a map
+    that does not add up to the count, so a row carrying either shape holds nobody's capacity:
+    every team is served from it and no ceiling applies, the same as before the map was read."""
+    short: Final = _shared(shares={"team-a": 30}, ptu_count=50)
+    for deployment in (_TERMLESS_SHARED, short):
+        assert filter_ptu_shared_deployments([deployment], "team-z").withheld is False
+        assert _unaliased_ceiling([deployment], "team-a", "gpt-4.1-ptu") is None
+
+
 def test_a_team_is_served_from_its_shared_deployment_first_and_never_from_another_teams_reservation():
     """team-b holds a share on the shared deployment and the open one serves everyone, while the
     deployment reserved for team-a alone is withheld from it the way the router withholds it."""