diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/provider_budgets.py b/litellm/router_strategy/provider_budgets.py
index c0686104c..2b34f01eb 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/provider_budgets.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/provider_budgets.py
@@ -264,9 +264,12 @@ class ProviderBudgetLimiting(CustomLogger):
                 "Pushing Redis Increment Pipeline for queue: %s",
                 self.redis_increment_operation_queue,
             )
-            await self.router_cache.redis_cache.async_increment_pipeline(
-                increment_list=self.redis_increment_operation_queue,
-            )
+            if len(self.redis_increment_operation_queue) > 0:
+                asyncio.create_task(
+                    self.router_cache.redis_cache.async_increment_pipeline(
+                        increment_list=self.redis_increment_operation_queue,
+                    )
+                )
 
             self.redis_increment_operation_queue = []