diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_tpm_rpm.py b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_tpm_rpm.py
index 9f0b9eb22..b2f9d6e4e 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_tpm_rpm.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_tpm_rpm.py
@@ -200,9 +200,11 @@ class LowestTPMLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
             if item_tpm == 0:
                 deployment = _deployment
                 break
-            elif item_tpm + input_tokens > _deployment_tpm or (
-                item in rpm_dict and rpm_dict[item] + 1 > _deployment_rpm
-            ):  # if user passed in tpm / rpm in the model_list
+            elif item_tpm + input_tokens > _deployment_tpm:
+                continue
+            elif (rpm_dict is not None and item in rpm_dict) and (
+                rpm_dict[item] + 1 > _deployment_rpm
+            ):
                 continue
             elif item_tpm < lowest_tpm:
                 lowest_tpm = item_tpm
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py b/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py
index 62630d7e7..7fc871743 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@ def test_usage_based_routing():
                 mock_response="good morning",
             )
 
-            # print(response)
+            # print("response", response)
 
             selection_counts[response["model"]] += 1
 
-        print(selection_counts)
+        # print("selection counts", selection_counts)
 
         total_requests = sum(selection_counts.values())