diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockchainProcessor.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockchainProcessor.cs
index 6598b9798a8..38eb14b3671 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockchainProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/BlockchainProcessor.cs
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ private void FireProcessingQueueEmpty()
 
         _stopwatch.Restart();
         Block[]? processedBlocks = ProcessBranch(processingBranch, options, tracer, out error);
+        _stopwatch.Stop();
         if (processedBlocks is null)
         {
             return null;
@@ -414,6 +415,16 @@ private void FireProcessingQueueEmpty()
             if (_logger.IsDebug) _logger.Debug($"Skipped processing of {suggestedBlock.ToString(Block.Format.FullHashAndNumber)}, last processed is null: {true}, processedBlocks.Length: {processedBlocks.Length}");
         }
 
+        bool readonlyChain = options.ContainsFlag(ProcessingOptions.ReadOnlyChain);
+        if (!readonlyChain)
+        {
+            long blockProcessingTimeInMicrosecs = _stopwatch.ElapsedMicroseconds();
+            Metrics.LastBlockProcessingTimeInMs = blockProcessingTimeInMicrosecs / 1000;
+            Metrics.RecoveryQueueSize = _recoveryQueue.Count;
+            Metrics.ProcessingQueueSize = _blockQueue.Count;
+            _stats.UpdateStats(lastProcessed, blockProcessingTimeInMicrosecs);
+        }
+
         bool updateHead = !options.ContainsFlag(ProcessingOptions.DoNotUpdateHead);
         if (updateHead)
         {
@@ -421,26 +432,15 @@ private void FireProcessingQueueEmpty()
             _blockTree.UpdateMainChain(processingBranch.Blocks, true);
         }
 
-        bool readonlyChain = options.ContainsFlag(ProcessingOptions.ReadOnlyChain);
-        long blockProcessingTimeInMs = _stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
-        if (!readonlyChain)
-        {
-            Metrics.LastBlockProcessingTimeInMs = blockProcessingTimeInMs;
-        }
-
         if ((options & ProcessingOptions.MarkAsProcessed) == ProcessingOptions.MarkAsProcessed)
         {
             if (_logger.IsTrace) _logger.Trace($"Marked blocks as processed {lastProcessed}, blocks count: {processedBlocks.Length}");
             _blockTree.MarkChainAsProcessed(processingBranch.Blocks);
-
-            Metrics.LastBlockProcessingTimeInMs = blockProcessingTimeInMs;
         }
 
         if (!readonlyChain)
         {
-            Metrics.RecoveryQueueSize = _recoveryQueue.Count;
-            Metrics.ProcessingQueueSize = _blockQueue.Count;
-            _stats.UpdateStats(lastProcessed, _blockTree, _stopwatch.ElapsedMicroseconds());
+            Metrics.BestKnownBlockNumber = _blockTree.BestKnownNumber;
         }
 
         return lastProcessed;
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/ProcessingStats.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/ProcessingStats.cs
index 48845fb904d..b49407e54e7 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/ProcessingStats.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Consensus/Processing/ProcessingStats.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public ProcessingStats(ILogger logger)
 #endif
         }
 
-        public void UpdateStats(Block? block, IBlockTree blockTreeCtx, long blockProcessingTimeInMicros)
+        public void UpdateStats(Block? block, long blockProcessingTimeInMicros)
         {
             if (block is null)
             {
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ public void UpdateStats(Block? block, IBlockTree blockTreeCtx, long blockProcess
             Metrics.GasLimit = block.GasLimit;
 
             Metrics.BlockchainHeight = block.Header.Number;
-            Metrics.BestKnownBlockNumber = blockTreeCtx.BestKnownNumber;
 
             _blockProcessingMicroseconds = _processingStopwatch.ElapsedMicroseconds();
             _runningMicroseconds = _runStopwatch.ElapsedMicroseconds();