diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/catalog/system/information/TaskRunsSystemTable.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/catalog/system/information/TaskRunsSystemTable.java
index d1e3d8ac802e01..7e35a09c5c9127 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/catalog/system/information/TaskRunsSystemTable.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/catalog/system/information/TaskRunsSystemTable.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.NotImplementedException;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Strings;
 import org.apache.thrift.meta_data.FieldValueMetaData;
 import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TType;
 
@@ -210,14 +211,18 @@ public static TGetTaskRunInfoResult query(TGetTasksParams params) {
             info.setState(status.getState().toString());
             info.setCatalog(status.getCatalogName());
             info.setDatabase(ClusterNamespace.getNameFromFullName(status.getDbName()));
-            try {
-                // NOTE: use task's definition to display task-run's definition here
-                Task task = taskManager.getTaskWithoutLock(taskName);
-                if (task != null) {
-                    info.setDefinition(task.getDefinition());
+            if (!Strings.isEmpty(status.getDefinition())) {
+                info.setDefinition(status.getDefinition());
+            } else {
+                try {
+                    // NOTE: use task's definition to display task-run's definition here
+                    Task task = taskManager.getTaskWithoutLock(taskName);
+                    if (task != null) {
+                        info.setDefinition(task.getDefinition());
+                    }
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    LOG.warn("Get taskName {} definition failed: {}", taskName, e);
                 }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOG.warn("Get taskName {} definition failed: {}", taskName, e);
             }
             info.setError_code(status.getErrorCode());
             info.setError_message(status.getErrorMessage());