diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
index 3dd86130f3..43f4c5472f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/service_abi.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func restService(flags *pflag.FlagSet, cfg *entities.PodmanConfig, opts entities
 		if listener == nil {
 			return errors.New("unexpected fd received from systemd: cannot listen on it")
 		}
-		libpodRuntime.SetRemoteURI(listeners[0].Addr().String())
+		libpodRuntime.SetRemoteURI(listeners[0].Addr().Network() + "://" + listeners[0].Addr().String())
 	} else {
 		uri, err := url.Parse(opts.URI)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go
index 440d81e48b..88a6cf01a8 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/system.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/domain/entities"
@@ -48,19 +49,16 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) Info(ctx context.Context) (*define.Info, error) {
 		info.Host.RemoteSocket.Path = uri.Path
 	}
 
-	uri, err := url.Parse(ic.Libpod.RemoteURI())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if uri.Scheme == "unix" {
-		err := fileutils.Exists(uri.Path)
+	// check if the unix path exits, if not unix socket we always we assume it exists, i.e. tcp socket
+	path, found := strings.CutPrefix(info.Host.RemoteSocket.Path, "unix://")
+	if found {
+		err := fileutils.Exists(path)
 		info.Host.RemoteSocket.Exists = err == nil
 	} else {
 		info.Host.RemoteSocket.Exists = true
 	}
 
-	return info, err
+	return info, nil
 }
 
 // SystemPrune removes unused data from the system. Pruning pods, containers, networks, volumes and images.
diff --git a/test/e2e/systemd_activate_test.go b/test/e2e/systemd_activate_test.go
index 72f539a3ed..d95b173e32 100644
--- a/test/e2e/systemd_activate_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/systemd_activate_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Systemd activate", func() {
 			return testUtils.SystemExec(podmanTest.PodmanBinary, args)
 		}
 
+		// regression check for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/24152
+		session := podmanRemote("info", "--format", "{{.Host.RemoteSocket.Path}}--{{.Host.RemoteSocket.Exists}}")
+		Expect(session).Should(testUtils.ExitCleanly())
+		Expect(session.OutputToString()).To(Equal("tcp://" + addr + "--true"))
+
 		containerName := "top_" + testUtils.RandomString(8)
 		apiSession := podmanRemote(
 			"create", "--tty", "--name", containerName, "--entrypoint", "top",