diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index b7161a16ca2..4923c5da02a 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ async def common_checks(
             user_spend: Final = await get_current_spend(
                 counter_key=user_counter(user_object.user_id),
                 fallback_spend=user_object.spend or 0.0,
-                max_budget=user_budget if user_budget is not None else user_object.soft_budget,
+                max_budget=user_budget,
             )
             _user_soft_budget_check(user_object=user_object, user_spend=user_spend, proxy_logging_obj=proxy_logging_obj)
             if user_budget is None:
diff --git a/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/users/_components/view_users/user_info_view.tsx b/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/users/_components/view_users/user_info_view.tsx
index 852e0021325..b429149a263 100644
--- a/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/users/_components/view_users/user_info_view.tsx
+++ b/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/app/(dashboard)/users/_components/view_users/user_info_view.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { teamDetailHref } from "@/utils/entityLinks";
 import { BadgeLink } from "@/components/shared/BadgeLink";
 import { UserEditView } from "../user_edit_view";
 import OnboardingModal, { InvitationLink } from "@/components/onboarding_link";
-import { formatNumberWithCommas, copyToClipboard as utilCopyToClipboard } from "@/utils/dataUtils";
+import { formatBudgetValue, formatNumberWithCommas, copyToClipboard as utilCopyToClipboard } from "@/utils/dataUtils";
 import { ArrowLeft, CheckIcon, CopyIcon, Plus, RefreshCw, Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
 import { toast } from "@/lib/toast";
 import { getBudgetDurationLabel } from "@/components/common_components/budget_duration_dropdown";
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ import { AutoRouterUsageView } from "@/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_compon
 import { useActivityDateRange } from "@/app/(dashboard)/cost-optimization/_components/useDailyActivityRange";
 import { BudgetPeriodTooltip } from "@/components/shared/BudgetPeriodTooltip";
 
-const formatBudgetValue = (value: number | null | undefined, fallback: string, precision = 4): string =>
-  value !== null && value !== undefined ? `$${formatNumberWithCommas(value, precision)}` : fallback;
-
 interface UserInfoViewProps {
   userId: string;
   onClose: () => void;
diff --git a/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/dataUtils.ts b/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/dataUtils.ts
index 08c5051d671..bc06cfd358e 100644
--- a/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/dataUtils.ts
+++ b/litellm/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/utils/dataUtils.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ export const formatNumberWithCommas = (
   return `${sign}${scaled.toLocaleString("en-US", opts)}${suffix}`;
 };
 
+export const formatBudgetValue = (value: number | null | undefined, fallback: string, precision = 4): string =>
+  value !== null && value !== undefined ? `$${formatNumberWithCommas(value, precision)}` : fallback;
+
 export const getSpendString = (value: number | null | undefined, decimals: number = 6): string => {
   if (value === null || value === undefined || !Number.isFinite(value) || value === 0) {
     return "-";
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py b/tests/unit/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
index 00c09ea3fb7..6463db18116 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
@@ -2571,3 +2571,31 @@ async def test_common_checks_alerts_user_over_soft_budget_without_blocking(max_b
     assert soft_alerts[0].user_id == user_id
     assert soft_alerts[0].spend == 7.0
     assert soft_alerts[0].soft_budget == 5.0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_soft_budget_only_user_is_not_blocked_when_fail_closed_spend_is_unverifiable(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    import litellm.proxy.proxy_server as proxy_server
+    from litellm.models.user import LiteLLM_UserTable
+    from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import common_checks
+
+    monkeypatch.setitem(proxy_server.general_settings, "fail_closed_budget_enforcement", True)
+    user_id: Final = f"soft-only-{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
+
+    result: Final = await common_checks(
+        request_body={"model": "gpt-4o-mini"},
+        team_object=None,
+        user_object=LiteLLM_UserTable(user_id=user_id, soft_budget=5.0, spend=1.0),
+        end_user_object=None,
+        global_proxy_spend=None,
+        general_settings={},
+        route="/chat/completions",
+        llm_router=None,
+        proxy_logging_obj=MagicMock(spec=ProxyLogging),
+        valid_token=UserAPIKeyAuth(token=f"token-{user_id}", user_id=user_id),
+        request=MagicMock(),
+    )
+
+    assert result is True