diff --git a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/StateMachineManagerUtils.kt b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/StateMachineManagerUtils.kt
index f8b4294a8a..d4cdf6b2d7 100644
--- a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/StateMachineManagerUtils.kt
+++ b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/utilities/StateMachineManagerUtils.kt
@@ -3,20 +3,73 @@ package net.corda.node.utilities
 import net.corda.core.flows.FlowLogic
 import net.corda.core.utilities.ProgressTracker
 import net.corda.node.services.statemachine.StateMachineManagerInternal
+import java.lang.reflect.Field
 
 /**
  * The flow de-serialized from the checkpoint will contain a new instance of the progress tracker, which means that
  * any existing flow observers would be lost. We need to replace it with the old progress tracker to ensure progress
  * updates are correctly sent out after the flow is retried.
+ *
+ * If the new tracker contains any child trackers from sub-flows, we need to attach those to the old tracker as well.
  */
-fun StateMachineManagerInternal.injectOldProgressTracker(oldProgressTracker: ProgressTracker?, newFlowLogic: FlowLogic<*>) {
-    if (oldProgressTracker != null) {
-        try {
-            val field = newFlowLogic::class.java.getDeclaredField("progressTracker")
-            field.isAccessible = true
-            field.set(newFlowLogic, oldProgressTracker)
-        } catch (e: NoSuchFieldException) {
-            // The flow does not use a progress tracker.
+//TODO: instead of replacing the progress tracker after constructing the flow logic, we should inject it during fiber deserialization
+fun StateMachineManagerInternal.injectOldProgressTracker(oldTracker: ProgressTracker?, newFlowLogic: FlowLogic<*>) {
+    if (oldTracker != null) {
+        val newTracker = newFlowLogic.progressTracker
+        if (newTracker != null) {
+            attachNewChildren(oldTracker, newTracker)
+            replaceTracker(newFlowLogic, oldTracker)
         }
     }
+}
+
+private fun attachNewChildren(oldTracker: ProgressTracker, newTracker: ProgressTracker) {
+    oldTracker.currentStep = newTracker.currentStep
+    oldTracker.steps.forEachIndexed { index, step ->
+        val newStep = newTracker.steps[index]
+        val newChildTracker = newTracker.getChildProgressTracker(newStep)
+        newChildTracker?.let { child ->
+            oldTracker.setChildProgressTracker(step, child)
+        }
+    }
+    resubscribeToChildren(oldTracker)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Re-subscribes to child tracker observables. When a nested progress tracker is deserialized from a checkpoint,
+ * it retains the child links, but does not automatically re-subscribe to the child changes.
+ */
+private fun resubscribeToChildren(tracker: ProgressTracker) {
+    tracker.steps.forEach {
+        val childTracker = tracker.getChildProgressTracker(it)
+        if (childTracker != null) {
+            tracker.setChildProgressTracker(it, childTracker)
+            resubscribeToChildren(childTracker)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** Replaces the deserialized [ProgressTracker] in the [newFlowLogic] with the old one to retain old subscribers. */
+private fun replaceTracker(newFlowLogic: FlowLogic<*>, oldProgressTracker: ProgressTracker?) {
+    val field = getProgressTrackerField(newFlowLogic)
+    field?.apply {
+        isAccessible = true
+        set(newFlowLogic, oldProgressTracker)
+    }
+}
+
+private fun getProgressTrackerField(newFlowLogic: FlowLogic<*>): Field? {
+    var clazz: Class<*> = newFlowLogic::class.java
+    var field: Field? = null
+    // The progress tracker field may have been overridden in an abstract superclass, so we have to traverse up
+    // the hierarchy.
+    while (clazz != FlowLogic::class.java) {
+        field = clazz.declaredFields.firstOrNull { it.name == "progressTracker" }
+        if (field == null) {
+            clazz = clazz.superclass
+        } else {
+            break
+        }
+    }
+    return field
 }
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