diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
index 157d436e482..a8672b5c112 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
@@ -6058,7 +6058,7 @@ def get_standard_logging_object_payload(
             prompt_tokens=usage_dict.get("prompt_tokens", 0),
             completion_tokens=usage_dict.get("completion_tokens", 0),
             request_tags=request_tags,
-            end_user=end_user_id or "",
+            end_user=end_user_id,
             api_base=StandardLoggingPayloadSetup.strip_trailing_slash(litellm_params.get("api_base", "")) or "",
             model_group=_model_group,
             model_id=_model_id,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py
index af9f626dd17..1193160c831 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/litellm_core_utils/test_litellm_logging.py
@@ -3727,6 +3727,41 @@ def test_get_standard_logging_object_payload_includes_litellm_call_id(logging_ob
     assert payload["litellm_call_id"] == call_id
 
 
+def test_get_standard_logging_object_payload_preserves_absent_end_user_as_none(logging_obj):
+    from datetime import datetime
+    from typing import Final
+
+    from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import get_standard_logging_object_payload
+    from litellm.types.utils import StandardLoggingPayload
+
+    now: Final = datetime.now()
+    payload: Final[StandardLoggingPayload | None] = get_standard_logging_object_payload(
+        kwargs={
+            "model": "gpt-4o",
+            "messages": [],
+            "litellm_params": {
+                "metadata": {
+                    "user_api_key_alias": "test-key-alias",
+                    "user_api_key_user_id": "test-key-user",
+                    "user_api_key_end_user_id": None,
+                },
+                "proxy_server_request": {"body": {}},
+            },
+        },
+        init_response_obj={},
+        start_time=now,
+        end_time=now,
+        logging_obj=logging_obj,
+        status="success",
+    )
+
+    assert payload is not None
+    assert payload["metadata"]["user_api_key_alias"] == "test-key-alias"
+    assert payload["metadata"]["user_api_key_user_id"] == "test-key-user"
+    assert payload["metadata"]["user_api_key_end_user_id"] is None
+    assert payload["end_user"] is None
+
+
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