diff --git a/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py b/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
index dc928921425..9675b82b145 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/db/db_spend_update_writer.py
@@ -1725,13 +1725,6 @@ async def add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_agent_transaction(
                 "prisma_client is None. Skipping writing spend logs to db."
             )
             return
-        base_daily_transaction = (
-            await self._common_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_transaction(
-                payload, prisma_client, "agent"
-            )
-        )
-        if base_daily_transaction is None:
-            return
         if payload["agent_id"] is None:
             verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
                 "agent_id is None for request. Skipping incrementing agent spend."
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py
index 6ccecf59eed..1dd5cba2c4b 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/db/test_db_spend_update_writer.py
@@ -756,6 +756,45 @@ async def test_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_agent_transaction_injects_agen
         assert transaction["custom_llm_provider"] == "openai"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_agent_transaction_calls_common_helper_once():
+    writer = DBSpendUpdateWriter()
+    mock_prisma = MagicMock()
+    mock_prisma.get_request_status = MagicMock(return_value="success")
+
+    payload = {
+        "request_id": "req-common-helper",
+        "agent_id": "agent-abc",
+        "user": "test-user",
+        "startTime": "2024-01-01T12:00:00",
+        "api_key": "test-key",
+        "model": "gpt-4",
+        "custom_llm_provider": "openai",
+        "model_group": "gpt-4-group",
+        "prompt_tokens": 12,
+        "completion_tokens": 6,
+        "spend": 0.25,
+        "metadata": '{"usage_object": {}}',
+    }
+
+    writer.daily_agent_spend_update_queue.add_update = AsyncMock()
+    original_common_helper = (
+        writer._common_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_transaction
+    )
+    writer._common_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_transaction = AsyncMock(
+        wraps=original_common_helper
+    )
+
+    await writer.add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_agent_transaction(
+        payload=payload,
+        prisma_client=mock_prisma,
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        writer._common_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_transaction.await_count == 1
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_add_spend_log_transaction_to_daily_agent_transaction_skips_when_agent_id_missing():
     """
@@ -960,4 +999,4 @@ async def test_update_daily_spend_re_raises_exception_after_logging():
             entity_id_field="user_id",
             table_name="litellm_dailyuserspend",
             unique_constraint_name="user_id_date_api_key_model_custom_llm_provider_mcp_namespaced_tool_name_endpoint",
-        )
\ No newline at end of file
+        )