diff --git a/src/runtime_src/core/common/info_telemetry.cpp b/src/runtime_src/core/common/info_telemetry.cpp
index 463d01f8f9..40de25534f 100644
--- a/src/runtime_src/core/common/info_telemetry.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime_src/core/common/info_telemetry.cpp
@@ -44,17 +44,16 @@ aie2_preemption_info(const xrt_core::device* device)
 {
   const auto data = xrt_core::device_query<xrt_core::query::rtos_telemetry>(device);
   boost::property_tree::ptree pt_rtos_array;
+  int user_task = 0;
+
   for (const auto& kp : data) {
   boost::property_tree::ptree pt_preempt;
 
-    auto populate_value = [](uint64_t value) {
-      return (value == static_cast<uint64_t>(-1) || value == UINT64_MAX) ? "N/A" : std::to_string(value);
-    };
+  auto populate_value = [](uint64_t value) {
+    return (value == static_cast<uint64_t>(-1) || value == UINT64_MAX) ? "N/A" : std::to_string(value);
+  };
 
-  //add check if a workload is running
-  if(static_cast<int>(kp.preemption_data.slot_index) == -1) 
-    continue;
-  pt_preempt.put("user_task", populate_value(kp.user_task));
+  pt_preempt.put("user_task", user_task++);
   pt_preempt.put("slot_index", populate_value(kp.preemption_data.slot_index));
   pt_preempt.put("preemption_flag_set", populate_value(kp.preemption_data.preemption_flag_set));
   pt_preempt.put("preemption_flag_unset", populate_value(kp.preemption_data.preemption_flag_unset));