diff --git a/app/main/views/dashboard.py b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
index f5f38087a..87a013547 100644
--- a/app/main/views/dashboard.py
+++ b/app/main/views/dashboard.py
@@ -322,6 +322,14 @@ def get_dashboard_partials(service_id):
     free_sms_allowance = billing_api_client.get_free_sms_fragment_limit_for_year(
         current_service.id,
     )
+    # These 2 calls will update the dashboard sms allowance count while in trial mode.
+    billing_api_client.get_monthly_usage_for_service(
+        service_id, get_current_financial_year()
+    )
+    billing_api_client.create_or_update_free_sms_fragment_limit(
+        service_id, free_sms_fragment_limit=free_sms_allowance
+    )
+
     yearly_usage = billing_api_client.get_annual_usage_for_service(
         service_id,
         get_current_financial_year(),
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
index 9703a2de5..10d686a98 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_dashboard.py
@@ -1386,7 +1386,9 @@ def test_route_for_service_permissions(
     mock_has_no_jobs,
     mock_get_template_statistics,
     mock_get_service_statistics,
+    mock_get_monthly_usage_for_service,
     mock_get_annual_usage_for_service,
+    mock_create_or_update_free_sms_fragment_limit,
     mock_get_free_sms_fragment_limit,
     mock_get_inbound_sms_summary,
 ):
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index ec4ff8ad1..1724f0234 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -2327,6 +2327,8 @@ def client_request(logged_in_client, mocker, service_one):  # noqa (C901 too com
         "app.billing_api_client.create_or_update_free_sms_fragment_limit", autospec=True
     )
 
+    mocker.patch("app.billing_api_client.get_monthly_usage_for_service", autospec=True)
+
     class ClientRequest:
         @staticmethod
         @contextmanager