diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index 943c972fcb..729f88aef2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -321,11 +321,6 @@ jobs:
             total_seconds=$((total_seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]#0} * 3600))
           fi
     
-          # Check for minutes (m)
-          if [[ "$duration" =~ ([0-9]+)m ]]; then
-            total_seconds=$((total_seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]#0} * 60))
-          fi
-    
           # Check for seconds (s)
           if [[ "$duration" =~ ([0-9]+)s ]]; then
             total_seconds=$((total_seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]#0}))
@@ -334,6 +329,12 @@ jobs:
           # Check for milliseconds (ms) (if applicable)
           if [[ "$duration" =~ ([0-9]+)ms ]]; then
             total_seconds=$((total_seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]#0} / 1000))
+            duration=${duration/${BASH_REMATCH[0]}/} # need to remove it to avoid double counting with m 
+          fi
+
+          # Check for minutes (m) - must be checked after ms because m is contained in ms
+          if [[ "$duration" =~ ([0-9]+)m ]]; then
+            total_seconds=$((total_seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]#0} * 60))
           fi
     
           echo $total_seconds