diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
index 757e595d0..6bced3095 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/metrics.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ pub(crate) struct BlockValidationMetrics {
     /// Prewarm spawn duration
     pub(crate) prewarm_spawn_duration: Gauge,
     /// Cache saving duration
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub(crate) cache_saving_duration: Gauge,
     /// State root config creation duration
     pub(crate) state_root_config_duration: Gauge,
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
index 5971342f6..4b1f631d7 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
@@ -2601,6 +2601,7 @@ where
         debug!(target: "engine::tree", ?root_elapsed, block=?block_num_hash, "Calculated state root");
 
         if self.config.use_caching_and_prewarming() {
+            let save_cache_start = Instant::now();
             // this is the only place / thread a writer is acquired, so we would have already
             // crashed if we had a poisoned rwlock
             //
@@ -2611,6 +2612,10 @@ where
             // apply state updates to cache and save it (if saving was successful)
             self.most_recent_cache =
                 state_provider.save_cache(sealed_block.hash(), &output.state).ok();
+            let elapsed = save_cache_start.elapsed();
+
+            // record how long it took to save caches
+            self.metrics.block_validation.cache_saving_duration.set(elapsed.as_secs_f64());
         }
 
         let executed: ExecutedBlockWithTrieUpdates<N> = ExecutedBlockWithTrieUpdates {