diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index a7d9667f43e5..a15f6a5bcba4 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import traceback
 import uuid
 from collections import defaultdict
+from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -4696,11 +4697,19 @@ async def get_model_group_usage(
                     rpm_usage += t
         return tpm_usage, rpm_usage
 
-    async def get_remaining_model_group_usage(self, model_group: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
+    @lru_cache(maxsize=64)
+    def _cached_get_model_group_info(
+        self, model_group: str
+    ) -> Optional[ModelGroupInfo]:
+        """
+        Cached version of get_model_group_info, uses @lru_cache wrapper
 
-        current_tpm, current_rpm = await self.get_model_group_usage(model_group)
+        This is a speed optimization, since set_response_headers makes a call to get_model_group_info on every request
+        """
+        return self.get_model_group_info(model_group)
 
-        model_group_info = self.get_model_group_info(model_group)
+    async def get_remaining_model_group_usage(self, model_group: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
+        model_group_info = self._cached_get_model_group_info(model_group)
 
         if model_group_info is not None and model_group_info.tpm is not None:
             tpm_limit = model_group_info.tpm
@@ -4712,6 +4721,11 @@ async def get_remaining_model_group_usage(self, model_group: str) -> Dict[str, i
         else:
             rpm_limit = None
 
+        if tpm_limit is None and rpm_limit is None:
+            return {}
+
+        current_tpm, current_rpm = await self.get_model_group_usage(model_group)
+
         returned_dict = {}
         if tpm_limit is not None:
             returned_dict["x-ratelimit-remaining-tokens"] = tpm_limit - (
diff --git a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py
index e3ca281508d7..e02b47ec365e 100644
--- a/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py
+++ b/tests/router_unit_tests/test_router_helper_utils.py
@@ -1126,3 +1126,21 @@ async def test_async_callback_filter_deployments(model_list):
     )
 
     assert len(new_healthy_deployments) == len(healthy_deployments)
+
+
+def test_cached_get_model_group_info(model_list):
+    """Test if the '_cached_get_model_group_info' function is working correctly with LRU cache"""
+    router = Router(model_list=model_list)
+
+    # First call - should hit the actual function
+    result1 = router._cached_get_model_group_info("gpt-3.5-turbo")
+
+    # Second call with same argument - should hit the cache
+    result2 = router._cached_get_model_group_info("gpt-3.5-turbo")
+
+    # Verify results are the same
+    assert result1 == result2
+
+    # Verify the cache info shows hits
+    cache_info = router._cached_get_model_group_info.cache_info()
+    assert cache_info.hits > 0  # Should have at least one cache hit