diff --git a/nemo/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py b/nemo/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
index 7ebeed138d2c..71e66506aa86 100644
--- a/nemo/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/nemo/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def __init__(
         train_time_interval: Optional[timedelta] = None,
         save_on_train_epoch_end: Optional[bool] = False,  # Save after training, not after validation
         save_optim_on_train_end: Optional[bool] = False,
-        always_save_context: bool = False,
+        always_save_context: bool = True,
         save_context_on_train_end: bool = True,
         **kwargs,
     ):