diff --git a/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/forward_model_step.py b/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/forward_model_step.py
index 0757be89003..430304389e7 100644
--- a/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/forward_model_step.py
+++ b/src/_ert/forward_model_runner/forward_model_step.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
+import uuid
 from collections.abc import Generator, Sequence
 from datetime import datetime as dt
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -186,13 +187,24 @@ def _run(self) -> Generator[Start | Exited | Running | None]:
         exit_code = None
 
         max_memory_usage = 0
-        max_cpu_seconds = 0
         fm_step_pids = {int(process.pid)}
+        cpu_seconds_pr_pid: dict[str, float] = {}
         while exit_code is None:
-            (memory_rss, cpu_seconds, oom_score, pids) = _get_processtree_data(process)
-            max_cpu_seconds = max(max_cpu_seconds, cpu_seconds or 0)
+            (memory_rss, cpu_seconds_snapshot, oom_score, pids) = _get_processtree_data(
+                process
+            )
             fm_step_pids |= pids
             max_memory_usage = max(memory_rss, max_memory_usage)
+            for pid, seconds in cpu_seconds_snapshot.items():
+                if cpu_seconds_pr_pid.get(str(pid), 0.0) <= seconds:
+                    cpu_seconds_pr_pid[str(pid)] = seconds
+                else:
+                    # cpu_seconds must be monotonely increasing. Since
+                    # decreasing cpu_seconds was detected, it must be due to pid reuse
+                    cpu_seconds_pr_pid[str(pid) + str(uuid.uuid4())] = (
+                        cpu_seconds_pr_pid[str(pid)]
+                    )
+                    cpu_seconds_pr_pid[str(pid)] = seconds
             yield Running(
                 self,
                 ProcessTreeStatus(
@@ -200,7 +212,7 @@ def _run(self) -> Generator[Start | Exited | Running | None]:
                     max_rss=max_memory_usage,
                     fm_step_id=self.index,
                     fm_step_name=self.job_data.get("name"),
-                    cpu_seconds=max_cpu_seconds,
+                    cpu_seconds=sum(cpu_seconds_pr_pid.values()),
                     oom_score=oom_score,
                 ),
             )
@@ -416,7 +428,7 @@ def ensure_file_handles_closed(file_handles: Sequence[io.TextIOWrapper | None])
 
 def _get_processtree_data(
     process: Process,
-) -> tuple[int, float, int | None, set[int]]:
+) -> tuple[int, dict[str, float], int | None, set[int]]:
     """Obtain the oom_score (the Linux kernel uses this number to
     decide which process to kill first in out-of-memory siturations).
 
@@ -435,7 +447,7 @@ def _get_processtree_data(
     oom_score = None
     # A value of None means that we have no information.
     memory_rss = 0
-    cpu_seconds = 0.0
+    cpu_seconds_pr_pid: dict[str, float] = {}
     pids = set()
     with contextlib.suppress(ValueError, FileNotFoundError):
         oom_score = int(
@@ -448,7 +460,7 @@ def _get_processtree_data(
         process.oneshot(),
     ):
         memory_rss = process.memory_info().rss
-        cpu_seconds = process.cpu_times().user
+        cpu_seconds_pr_pid[str(process.pid)] = process.cpu_times().user
 
     with contextlib.suppress(
         NoSuchProcess, AccessDenied, ZombieProcess, ProcessLookupError
@@ -476,5 +488,5 @@ def _get_processtree_data(
                 child.oneshot(),
             ):
                 memory_rss += child.memory_info().rss
-                cpu_seconds += child.cpu_times().user
-    return (memory_rss, cpu_seconds, oom_score, pids)
+                cpu_seconds_pr_pid[str(child.pid)] = child.cpu_times().user
+    return (memory_rss, cpu_seconds_pr_pid, oom_score, pids)
diff --git a/tests/ert/unit_tests/forward_model_runner/test_forward_model_step.py b/tests/ert/unit_tests/forward_model_runner/test_forward_model_step.py
index 5a6413c93c5..63045ea67e5 100644
--- a/tests/ert/unit_tests/forward_model_runner/test_forward_model_step.py
+++ b/tests/ert/unit_tests/forward_model_runner/test_forward_model_step.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ def test_run_with_process_failing(mock_process, mock_popen, mock_check_executabl
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("use_tmpdir")
 def test_cpu_seconds_can_detect_multiprocess():
     """Run a fm step that sets of two simultaneous processes that
-    each run for 2 second. We should be able to detect the total
-    cpu seconds consumed to be roughly 2 seconds.
+    each run for 1 and 2 seconds respectively. We should be able to detect
+    the total cpu seconds consumed to be roughly 3 seconds.
 
     The test is flaky in that it tries to gather cpu_seconds data while
     the subprocesses are running. On a loaded CPU this is not very robust,
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ def test_cpu_seconds_can_detect_multiprocess():
             textwrap.dedent(
                 """\
             import time
+            import sys
             now = time.time()
-            while time.time() < now + 2:
+            while time.time() < now + int(sys.argv[1]):
                 pass"""
             )
         )
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ def test_cpu_seconds_can_detect_multiprocess():
             textwrap.dedent(
                 """\
             #!/bin/sh
-            python busy.py &
-            python busy.py"""
+            python busy.py 1 &
+            python busy.py 2"""
             )
         )
     executable = os.path.realpath(scriptname)
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ def oneshot(self):
 
 def test_cpu_seconds_for_process_with_children():
     (_, cpu_seconds, _, _) = _get_processtree_data(MockedProcess(123))
-    assert cpu_seconds == 123 / 10.0 + 124 / 10.0
+    assert cpu_seconds == {"123": 12.3, "124": 12.4}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform.startswith("darwin"), reason="No oom_score on MacOS")