diff --git a/execution/gethexec/sequencer.go b/execution/gethexec/sequencer.go
index 9a94e35f61..dd84c352a4 100644
--- a/execution/gethexec/sequencer.go
+++ b/execution/gethexec/sequencer.go
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ func (s *Sequencer) createBlockWithProfiling(ctx context.Context) bool {
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
 	pprof.StopCPUProfile()
 	trace.Stop()
-	if elapsed > 5*time.Second {
+	if elapsed > 2*time.Second {
 		writeAndLog(pprofBuf, traceBuf)
 		return res
 	}