diff --git a/cloudinit/cmd/status.py b/cloudinit/cmd/status.py
index a528f5da639..e0db81c8fd9 100644
--- a/cloudinit/cmd/status.py
+++ b/cloudinit/cmd/status.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def _get_systemd_status() -> Optional[UXAppStatus]:
             [
                 "systemctl",
                 "show",
-                "--property=ActiveState,UnitFileState,SubState",
+                "--property=ActiveState,UnitFileState,SubState,MainPID",
                 service,
             ],
         ).stdout
@@ -226,12 +226,17 @@ def _get_systemd_status() -> Optional[UXAppStatus]:
         ):
             # Individual services should not get disabled
             return UXAppStatus.ERROR
-        if (
-            states["ActiveState"] == "active"
-            and states["SubState"] == "exited"
-        ):
-            # Service exited normally, nothing interesting from systemd
-            continue
+        if states["ActiveState"] == "active":
+            if states["SubState"] == "exited":
+                # Service exited normally, nothing interesting from systemd
+                continue
+            elif states["SubState"] == "running" and states["MainPID"] == "0":
+                # Service is active, substate still reports running due to
+                # daemon or backgroud process spawned by CGroup/slice still
+                # running. MainPID being set back to 0 means control of the
+                # service/unit has exited in this case and
+                # "the process is no longer around".
+                continue
         if states["ActiveState"] == "failed" or states["SubState"] == "failed":
             # We have an error
             return UXAppStatus.ERROR
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_puppet.py b/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_puppet.py
index b86138664a5..796f316a711 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_puppet.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_puppet.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def test_puppet_service(client: IntegrationInstance):
 
 @pytest.mark.user_data
 @pytest.mark.user_data(EXEC_DATA)
-def test_pupet_exec(client: IntegrationInstance):
+def test_puppet_exec(client: IntegrationInstance):
     """Basic test that puppet gets installed and runs."""
     log = client.read_from_file("/var/log/cloud-init.log")
     assert "Running command ['puppet', 'agent', '--noop']" in log
diff --git a/tests/unittests/cmd/test_status.py b/tests/unittests/cmd/test_status.py
index 7d4502e70b3..994209a1b9a 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/cmd/test_status.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/cmd/test_status.py
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ def test_status_main(
 
 class TestSystemdStatusDetails:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        ["active_state", "unit_file_state", "sub_state", "status"],
+        ["active_state", "unit_file_state", "sub_state", "main_pid", "status"],
         [
             # To cut down on the combination of states, I'm grouping
             # enabled, enabled-runtime, and static into an "enabled" state
@@ -675,31 +675,42 @@ class TestSystemdStatusDetails:
             # different depending on the ActiveState they are mapped too.
             # Because of this I'm only testing SubState combinations seen
             # in real-world testing (or using "any" string if we dont care).
-            ("activating", "enabled", "start", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
-            ("active", "enabled-runtime", "exited", None),
+            ("activating", "enabled", "start", "123", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
+            ("activating", "enabled", "start", "123", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
+            ("active", "enabled-runtime", "exited", "0", None),
+            ("active", "enabled", "exited", "0", None),
+            ("active", "enabled", "running", "345", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
+            ("active", "enabled", "running", "0", None),
             # Dead doesn't mean exited here. It means not run yet.
-            ("inactive", "static", "dead", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
-            ("reloading", "enabled", "start", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
-            ("deactivating", "enabled-runtime", "any", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
-            ("failed", "static", "failed", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
+            ("inactive", "static", "dead", "123", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
+            ("reloading", "enabled", "start", "123", UXAppStatus.RUNNING),
+            (
+                "deactivating",
+                "enabled-runtime",
+                "any",
+                "123",
+                UXAppStatus.RUNNING,
+            ),
+            ("failed", "static", "failed", "0", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
             # Try previous combinations again with "not enabled" states
-            ("activating", "linked", "start", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
-            ("active", "linked-runtime", "exited", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
-            ("inactive", "masked", "dead", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
-            ("reloading", "masked-runtime", "start", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
-            ("deactivating", "disabled", "any", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
-            ("failed", "invalid", "failed", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
+            ("activating", "linked", "start", "0", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
+            ("active", "linked-runtime", "exited", "0", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
+            ("inactive", "masked", "dead", "0", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
+            ("reloading", "masked-runtime", "start", "0", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
+            ("deactivating", "disabled", "any", "0", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
+            ("failed", "invalid", "failed", "0", UXAppStatus.ERROR),
         ],
     )
     def test_get_systemd_status(
-        self, active_state, unit_file_state, sub_state, status
+        self, active_state, unit_file_state, sub_state, main_pid, status
     ):
         with mock.patch(
             f"{M_PATH}subp.subp",
             return_value=SubpResult(
                 f"ActiveState={active_state}\n"
                 f"UnitFileState={unit_file_state}\n"
-                f"SubState={sub_state}",
+                f"SubState={sub_state}\n"
+                f"MainPID={main_pid}\n",
                 stderr=None,
             ),
         ):