diff --git a/src/plugins/jobacct_gather/common/common_jag.c b/src/plugins/jobacct_gather/common/common_jag.c
index 189bdbbbe2e093fa94b7f7b005ea3a35f777a626..8e96b0ce6273f08c3c4412d87fa0ceee2c72a4d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobacct_gather/common/common_jag.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobacct_gather/common/common_jag.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ extern void jag_common_poll_data(
 			jobacct->last_tres_usage_out_tot =
 				jobacct->tres_usage_out_tot[TRES_ARRAY_FS_DISK];
 			jobacct->last_total_cputime =
-				jobacct->tres_usage_out_tot[TRES_ARRAY_CPU];
+				jobacct->tres_usage_in_tot[TRES_ARRAY_CPU];
 
 			jobacct->last_time = jobacct->cur_time;
 		}