diff --git a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_state.ml b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_state.ml
index 84f9b826e7e84908182c9b7bf29fe4e1972be29c..453c44e86aaf9f6631f739497ddda45ee4763fb6 100644
--- a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_state.ml
+++ b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/evm_state.ml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ let execute ?(wasm_pvm_fallback = false) ?profile ?(kind = Events.Application)
     ?(wasm_entrypoint = Tezos_scoru_wasm.Constants.wasm_entrypoint) ~config
     ~native_execution evm_state inbox =
   let open Lwt_result_syntax in
+  Octez_telemetry.Trace.with_tzresult ~service_name:"Evm_state" "execute"
+  @@ fun _ ->
   let path = Filename.concat (kernel_logs_directory ~data_dir) log_file in
   let inbox = List.map (function `Input s -> s) inbox in
   let inbox = List.to_seq [inbox] in