diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py
index b2ba6ec9ec5..7e11b69108b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/usage_tracking.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ async def process_spend_logs_guardrail_usage(
             {
                 e["guardrail_name"]: e["guardrail_id"]
                 for e in entries
-                if e.get("guardrail_id") and isinstance(e.get("guardrail_name"), str)
+                if e.get("guardrail_id") and isinstance(e.get("guardrail_name"), str) and e["guardrail_name"]
             }
         )
         for entry in entries:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py
index 56a8bf2f0b0..13a53efcb27 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/test_usage_tracking.py
@@ -412,8 +412,9 @@ async def test_malformed_not_run_entry_does_not_drop_the_batch():
     payload["metadata"] = json.dumps(
         {
             "guardrail_information": [
-                {"guardrail_name": ["not", "a", "string"], "guardrail_status": "not_run"},
-                {"guardrail_name": "cf", "guardrail_id": "cf-uuid", "guardrail_status": "success"},
+                {"guardrail_name": ["not", "a", "string"], "guardrail_status": "success"},
+                {"guardrail_name": "", "guardrail_id": "cf-uuid", "guardrail_status": "success"},
+                {"guardrail_status": "not_run"},
             ]
         }
     )
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ async def test_malformed_not_run_entry_does_not_drop_the_batch():
     index_rows = prisma.db.litellm_spendlogguardrailindex.create_many.call_args.kwargs["data"]
     assert [row["guardrail_id"] for row in index_rows] == ["cf-uuid"]
     metrics_create = prisma.db.litellm_dailyguardrailmetrics.upsert.call_args.kwargs["data"]["create"]
-    assert metrics_create["requests_evaluated"] == 1
+    assert (metrics_create["guardrail_id"], metrics_create["requests_evaluated"]) == ("cf-uuid", 1)
 
 
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