diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/budget_limiter.py b/litellm/router_strategy/budget_limiter.py
index d57d7da0410..d5adb911e99 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/budget_limiter.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/budget_limiter.py
@@ -535,15 +535,14 @@ class RouterBudgetLimiting(CustomLogger):
                 "Pushing Redis Increment Pipeline for queue: %s",
                 self.redis_increment_operation_queue,
             )
-            if len(self.redis_increment_operation_queue) > 0:
-                asyncio.create_task(
-                    self.dual_cache.redis_cache.async_increment_pipeline(
-                        increment_list=self.redis_increment_operation_queue,
-                    )
-                )
-
+            queue_to_push = self.redis_increment_operation_queue
             self.redis_increment_operation_queue = []
 
+            if len(queue_to_push) > 0:
+                await self.dual_cache.redis_cache.async_increment_pipeline(
+                    increment_list=queue_to_push,
+                )
+
         except Exception as e:
             verbose_router_logger.error("Error syncing in-memory cache with Redis: %s", e)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_budget_limiter.py b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_budget_limiter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..652133f628f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/router_strategy/test_budget_limiter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import asyncio
+
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
+from litellm.caching.redis_cache import RedisPipelineIncrementOperation
+from litellm.router_strategy.budget_limiter import RouterBudgetLimiting
+from litellm.types.utils import BudgetConfig
+
+SPEND_KEY = "provider_spend:openai:1d"
+
+
+class _SlowFakeRedisCache:
+    """
+    Redis stand-in whose pipeline yields to the event loop before applying
+    increments. This makes fire-and-forget scheduling observably stale: a read
+    that happens before the pipeline is awaited to completion still sees the old
+    value.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, store: dict[str, float]):
+        self._store = store
+
+    async def async_increment_pipeline(self, increment_list, **kwargs):
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
+        for op in increment_list:
+            self._store[op["key"]] = self._store.get(op["key"], 0.0) + op["increment_value"]
+        return [self._store[op["key"]] for op in increment_list]
+
+    async def async_batch_get_cache(self, key_list, **kwargs):
+        return {key: self._store.get(key) for key in key_list}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def budget_limiter(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(asyncio, "create_task", lambda coro: coro.close())
+    limiter = RouterBudgetLimiting(dual_cache=DualCache(), provider_budget_config={})
+    limiter.provider_budget_config = {"openai": BudgetConfig(time_period="1d", budget_limit=100)}
+    return limiter
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_push_in_memory_increments_to_redis_completes_before_returning(budget_limiter):
+    store = {SPEND_KEY: 100.0}
+    budget_limiter.dual_cache.redis_cache = _SlowFakeRedisCache(store)
+    budget_limiter.redis_increment_operation_queue = [
+        RedisPipelineIncrementOperation(key=SPEND_KEY, increment_value=60.0, ttl=86400),
+    ]
+
+    await budget_limiter._push_in_memory_increments_to_redis()
+
+    assert store[SPEND_KEY] == 160.0
+    assert budget_limiter.redis_increment_operation_queue == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_sync_does_not_overwrite_memory_with_stale_redis(budget_limiter):
+    await budget_limiter.dual_cache.in_memory_cache.async_set_cache(key=SPEND_KEY, value=160.0)
+    store = {SPEND_KEY: 100.0}
+    budget_limiter.dual_cache.redis_cache = _SlowFakeRedisCache(store)
+    budget_limiter.redis_increment_operation_queue = [
+        RedisPipelineIncrementOperation(key=SPEND_KEY, increment_value=60.0, ttl=86400),
+    ]
+
+    await budget_limiter._sync_in_memory_spend_with_redis()
+
+    in_memory_spend = await budget_limiter.dual_cache.in_memory_cache.async_get_cache(SPEND_KEY)
+    assert float(in_memory_spend) == 160.0
+    assert store[SPEND_KEY] == 160.0