diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/db_url_settings.py b/litellm/proxy/db/db_url_settings.py
index 7f8db72a1a6..939d97e3ec2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/db_url_settings.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/db_url_settings.py
@@ -300,6 +300,19 @@ def connection_params_from_url(url: str) -> Mapping[str, str | int | float]:
     )
 
 
+def schema_from_database_url(url: str) -> str | None:
+    """The Postgres schema Prisma resolves queries against for ``url``.
+
+    A pre-existing ``DATABASE_URL`` an operator pins directly (rather than one
+    assembled from discrete ``DATABASE_*`` vars) carries its ``?schema=`` as
+    part of the URL itself, never mirrored into ``DATABASE_SCHEMA``. Anything
+    that needs the schema Prisma is actually querying must read it from here
+    too, not assume ``DATABASE_SCHEMA`` is set.
+    """
+    pairs: Final = urllib.parse.parse_qsl(urllib.parse.urlsplit(url).query)
+    return next((value for key, value in pairs if key == "schema"), None)
+
+
 # A re-minted token URL replaces a URL to the same database, so unlike the
 # reader allowlist it may also carry ``options``: that is where the server-side
 # timeouts (statement, lock, idle-in-transaction) live, and a refresh that
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index 267c87694b9..1534992949b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.db.db_spend_update_writer import DBSpendUpdateWriter
 from litellm.proxy.db.db_url_settings import (
     DatabaseURLSettings,
     add_missing_query_params,
+    schema_from_database_url,
     token_refresh_params_from_url,
 )
 from litellm.proxy.db.exception_handler import (
@@ -4931,7 +4932,9 @@ class PrismaClient:
             ]
             required_view: Final = "LiteLLM_VerificationTokenView"
             expected_views_str: Final = ", ".join(f"'{view}'" for view in expected_views)
-            pg_schema: Final = os.getenv("DATABASE_SCHEMA", "public")
+            pg_schema: Final = (
+                os.getenv("DATABASE_SCHEMA") or schema_from_database_url(os.getenv("DATABASE_URL", "")) or "public"
+            )
             ret: Final[Sequence[_ViewCountRow]] = await self.db.query_raw(f"""
                 WITH existing_views AS (
                     SELECT viewname
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_db_url_settings.py b/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_db_url_settings.py
index 99957447248..57b48d94a9f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_db_url_settings.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/db/test_db_url_settings.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from pydantic import ValidationError
 from litellm.proxy.db.db_url_settings import (
     PG_SSL_REQUEST,
     DatabaseURLSettings,
+    schema_from_database_url,
     token_refresh_params_from_url,
     translate_libpq_ssl_params,
     unsupported_db_scheme,
@@ -964,6 +965,18 @@ def test_token_refresh_params_keep_the_options_carrying_the_server_timeouts() ->
     }
 
 
+def test_schema_from_database_url_reads_a_pinned_schema_query_param():
+    assert schema_from_database_url("postgresql://db.example.com:5432/litellm_db?schema=litellm") == "litellm"
+
+
+def test_schema_from_database_url_returns_none_without_a_schema_param():
+    assert schema_from_database_url("postgresql://db.example.com:5432/litellm_db?sslmode=require") is None
+
+
+def test_schema_from_database_url_returns_none_for_an_empty_url():
+    assert schema_from_database_url("") is None
+
+
 def _issue_cert(
     subject: str, issuer: x509.Certificate | None, issuer_key: ec.EllipticCurvePrivateKey | None, ca: bool
 ) -> tuple[x509.Certificate, ec.EllipticCurvePrivateKey]:
diff --git a/tests/unit/proxy/utils/prisma_and_spend/test_prisma_client_get_data.py b/tests/unit/proxy/utils/prisma_and_spend/test_prisma_client_get_data.py
index 05c4f9d8a67..da1c2e4fc04 100644
--- a/tests/unit/proxy/utils/prisma_and_spend/test_prisma_client_get_data.py
+++ b/tests/unit/proxy/utils/prisma_and_spend/test_prisma_client_get_data.py
@@ -427,6 +427,38 @@ async def test_check_view_exists_raises_when_query_raw_fails(
         await prisma_client.check_view_exists()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_view_exists_checks_the_schema_pinned_on_database_url(
+    prisma_client: PrismaClient,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """A DATABASE_URL pinned directly (no DATABASE_SCHEMA env var) must still
+    be checked against its own ``?schema=`` rather than defaulting to public."""
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DATABASE_SCHEMA", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv(
+        "DATABASE_URL", "postgresql://db.example.com:5432/app?schema=litellm"
+    )
+    prisma_client.db.query_raw = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=[{"view_count": 8, "view_names": ["LiteLLM_VerificationTokenView"]}]
+    )
+    await prisma_client.check_view_exists()
+    assert "schemaname = 'litellm'" in prisma_client.db.query_raw.await_args.args[0]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_view_exists_falls_back_to_public_without_a_pinned_schema(
+    prisma_client: PrismaClient,
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DATABASE_SCHEMA", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DATABASE_URL", "postgresql://db.example.com:5432/app")
+    prisma_client.db.query_raw = AsyncMock(
+        return_value=[{"view_count": 8, "view_names": ["LiteLLM_VerificationTokenView"]}]
+    )
+    await prisma_client.check_view_exists()
+    assert "schemaname = 'public'" in prisma_client.db.query_raw.await_args.args[0]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_get_data_token_find_unique_returns_record(
     prisma_client: PrismaClient,