diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx
index 98b85c738b4..6b71d5ab1d2 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.test.tsx
@@ -252,4 +252,23 @@ describe("UserSearchModal out-of-order search results", () => {
       role: "user",
     });
   });
+
+  it("stops loading once the box is cleared and the abandoned search answers", async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<UserSearchModal isVisible onCancel={vi.fn()} onSubmit={vi.fn()} accessToken="sk-test" />);
+
+    const input = getEmailSearchInput();
+    await user.click(input);
+    await user.type(input, "ali");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(answers.has("ali")).toBe(true), { timeout: 3000 });
+    await screen.findByText("Loading...");
+
+    await user.clear(input);
+    await screen.findByText("No results");
+
+    await answerFor("ali", [{ user_id: "u-jones", user_email: "alice.jones@example.com" }]);
+
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("option")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("No results")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.tsx
index 71d38c6db25..41cbd58ba53 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/common_components/user_search_modal.tsx
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const UserSearchModal: React.FC<UserSearchModalProps> = ({
 
     if (!searchText) {
       setUserOptions([]);
+      setLoading(false);
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx
index aa59dbb024f..8072a90fcad 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.integration.test.tsx
@@ -835,6 +835,34 @@ describe("CreateKey", () => {
       expect(screen.queryByTitle("alice.jones@example.com (u-jones)")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
       expect(screen.getByTitle("alice.smith@example.com (u-smith)")).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
+
+    it("stops searching once the box is cleared and the abandoned search answers", async () => {
+      const answers = new Map<string, (users: { user_id: string; user_email: string }[]) => void>();
+      vi.mocked(userFilterUICall).mockImplementation(
+        (_accessToken, params) =>
+          new Promise((resolve) => {
+            answers.set(params.get("user_email") ?? "", resolve);
+          }) as never,
+      );
+
+      const user = userEvent.setup();
+      renderCreateKey({ autoOpenCreate: true, prefillData: { owned_by: "another_user" } });
+      const search = antdSearchInput(await screen.findByText("Type email to search for users"));
+
+      await user.type(search, "ali");
+      await waitFor(() => expect(answers.has("ali")).toBe(true), { timeout: 3000 });
+      await screen.findByText("Searching...");
+
+      await user.clear(search);
+      await screen.findByText("No users found");
+
+      await act(async () => {
+        answers.get("ali")?.([{ user_id: "u-jones", user_email: "alice.jones@example.com" }]);
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.queryByTitle("alice.jones@example.com (u-jones)")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText("No users found")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
   });
 
   describe("created key display", () => {
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx
index 73438c244c1..62ad62e0f83 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/organisms/create_key_button.tsx
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ const CreateKey: React.FC<CreateKeyProps> = ({ team, teams, data, addKey, autoOp
 
     if (!searchText) {
       setUserOptions([]);
+      setUserSearchLoading(false);
       return;
     }