LLC Guaranteed Payment to an LLC owner

Hello

I have an llc ("Main LLC") that pays guaranteed payments to 2 partners. The 2 partners own their equity in a jointly owned LLC ("Sub-LLC"). Should Main LLC make guaranteed payments to the indiv. partners or should the payments be treated as a distribution to Sub-LLC, and then the Sub-LLC makes guaranteed payments to the individuals? Thanks I'm a little stuck this is the first return for this LLC.