diff --git a/src/ci/azure-pipelines/steps/run.yml b/src/ci/azure-pipelines/steps/run.yml
index fe2bee507152d..e856207b17d49 100644
--- a/src/ci/azure-pipelines/steps/run.yml
+++ b/src/ci/azure-pipelines/steps/run.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,8 @@ steps:
 - bash: src/ci/scripts/should-skip-this.sh
   displayName: Decide whether to run this job
 
-# Spawn a background process to collect CPU usage statistics which we'll upload
-# at the end of the build. See the comments in the script here for more
-# information.
-- bash: python src/ci/cpu-usage-over-time.py &> cpu-usage.csv &
-  displayName: "Collect CPU-usage statistics in the background"
+- bash: src/ci/scripts/collect-cpu-stats.sh
+  displayName: Collect CPU-usage statistics in the background
 
 - bash: src/ci/scripts/dump-environment.sh
   displayName: Show the current environment
diff --git a/src/ci/scripts/collect-cpu-stats.sh b/src/ci/scripts/collect-cpu-stats.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..08065431f9816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ci/scripts/collect-cpu-stats.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Spawn a background process to collect CPU usage statistics which we'll upload
+# at the end of the build. See the comments in the script here for more
+# information.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+python src/ci/cpu-usage-over-time.py &> cpu-usage.csv &