diff --git a/zk/legacy_executor_verifier/legacy_executor_verifier.go b/zk/legacy_executor_verifier/legacy_executor_verifier.go
index 9b081b0c01e..708d569e6bf 100644
--- a/zk/legacy_executor_verifier/legacy_executor_verifier.go
+++ b/zk/legacy_executor_verifier/legacy_executor_verifier.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package legacy_executor_verifier
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ type VerifierRequest struct {
 	Counters     map[string]int
 	creationTime time.Time
 	timeout      time.Duration
+	witness      []byte
 }
 
-func NewVerifierRequest(forkId, batchNumber uint64, blockNumbers []uint64, stateRoot common.Hash, counters map[string]int) *VerifierRequest {
-	return NewVerifierRequestWithTimeout(forkId, batchNumber, blockNumbers, stateRoot, counters, 0)
+func NewVerifierRequest(forkId, batchNumber uint64, blockNumbers []uint64, stateRoot common.Hash, counters map[string]int, witness []byte) *VerifierRequest {
+	return NewVerifierRequestWithTimeout(forkId, batchNumber, blockNumbers, stateRoot, counters, 0, witness)
 }
 
-func NewVerifierRequestWithTimeout(forkId, batchNumber uint64, blockNumbers []uint64, stateRoot common.Hash, counters map[string]int, timeout time.Duration) *VerifierRequest {
+func NewVerifierRequestWithTimeout(forkId, batchNumber uint64, blockNumbers []uint64, stateRoot common.Hash, counters map[string]int, timeout time.Duration, witness []byte) *VerifierRequest {
 	return &VerifierRequest{
 		BatchNumber:  batchNumber,
 		BlockNumbers: blockNumbers,
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func NewVerifierRequestWithTimeout(forkId, batchNumber uint64, blockNumbers []ui
 		Counters:     counters,
 		creationTime: time.Now(),
 		timeout:      timeout,
+		witness:      witness,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -138,10 +140,11 @@ func (v *LegacyExecutorVerifier) StartAsyncVerification(
 	blockNumbers []uint64,
 	useRemoteExecutor bool,
 	requestTimeout time.Duration,
+	witness []byte,
 ) {
 	var promise *Promise[*VerifierBundle]
 
-	request := NewVerifierRequestWithTimeout(forkId, batchNumber, blockNumbers, stateRoot, counters, requestTimeout)
+	request := NewVerifierRequestWithTimeout(forkId, batchNumber, blockNumbers, stateRoot, counters, requestTimeout, witness)
 	if useRemoteExecutor {
 		promise = v.VerifyAsync(request)
 	} else {
@@ -238,12 +241,15 @@ func (v *LegacyExecutorVerifier) VerifyAsync(request *VerifierRequest) *Promise[
 			return verifierBundle, err
 		}
 
-		witness, err := v.WitnessGenerator.GetWitnessByBlockRange(tx, innerCtx, blockNumbers[0], blockNumbers[len(blockNumbers)-1], false, v.cfg.WitnessFull)
-		if err != nil {
-			return verifierBundle, err
-		}
+		if request.witness == nil {
+			witness, err := v.WitnessGenerator.GetWitnessByBlockRange(tx, innerCtx, blockNumbers[0], blockNumbers[len(blockNumbers)-1], false, v.cfg.WitnessFull)
+			if err != nil {
+				return verifierBundle, err
+			}
 
-		log.Debug("witness generated", "data", hex.EncodeToString(witness))
+			log.Debug("witness generated", "data", hex.EncodeToString(witness))
+			request.witness = witness
+		}
 
 		// now we need to figure out the timestamp limit for this payload.  It must be:
 		// timestampLimit >= currentTimestamp (from batch pre-state) + deltaTimestamp
@@ -258,7 +264,7 @@ func (v *LegacyExecutorVerifier) VerifyAsync(request *VerifierRequest) *Promise[
 		oldAccInputHash := common.HexToHash("0x0")
 		timestampLimit := lastBlock.Time()
 		payload := &Payload{
-			Witness:                 witness,
+			Witness:                 request.witness,
 			DataStream:              streamBytes,
 			Coinbase:                v.cfg.AddressSequencer.String(),
 			OldAccInputHash:         oldAccInputHash.Bytes(),
@@ -291,7 +297,7 @@ func (v *LegacyExecutorVerifier) VerifyAsync(request *VerifierRequest) *Promise[
 
 		verifierBundle.Response = &VerifierResponse{
 			Valid:            ok,
-			Witness:          witness,
+			Witness:          request.witness,
 			ExecutorResponse: executorResponse,
 			Error:            executorErr,
 		}
diff --git a/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go b/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go
index ad533588a0d..533d797be8e 100644
--- a/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go
+++ b/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go
@@ -508,7 +508,13 @@ func sequencingBatchStep(
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		cfg.legacyVerifier.StartAsyncVerification(batchContext.s.LogPrefix(), batchState.forkId, batchState.batchNumber, block.Root(), counters.UsedAsMap(), batchState.builtBlocks, useExecutorForVerification, batchContext.cfg.zk.SequencerBatchVerificationTimeout)
+
+		witness, err := cfg.legacyVerifier.WitnessGenerator.GetWitnessByBlockRange(sdb.tx, ctx, batchState.builtBlocks[0], batchState.builtBlocks[len(batchState.builtBlocks)-1], false, cfg.zk.WitnessFull)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		cfg.legacyVerifier.StartAsyncVerification(batchContext.s.LogPrefix(), batchState.forkId, batchState.batchNumber, block.Root(), counters.UsedAsMap(), batchState.builtBlocks, useExecutorForVerification, batchContext.cfg.zk.SequencerBatchVerificationTimeout, witness)
 
 		// check for new responses from the verifier
 		needsUnwind, err := updateStreamAndCheckRollback(batchContext, batchState, streamWriter, u)
diff --git a/zk/txpool/pool_zk_limbo_processor.go b/zk/txpool/pool_zk_limbo_processor.go
index 99b388643aa..ffb7cbc2746 100644
--- a/zk/txpool/pool_zk_limbo_processor.go
+++ b/zk/txpool/pool_zk_limbo_processor.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (_this *LimboSubPoolProcessor) run() {
 
 	for i, limboBlock := range limboBlocksDetails {
 		for _, limboTx := range limboBlock.Transactions {
-			request := legacy_executor_verifier.NewVerifierRequest(limboBlock.ForkId, limboBlock.BatchNumber, []uint64{limboBlock.BlockNumber}, limboTx.Root, unlimitedCounters)
+			request := legacy_executor_verifier.NewVerifierRequest(limboBlock.ForkId, limboBlock.BatchNumber, []uint64{limboBlock.BlockNumber}, limboTx.Root, unlimitedCounters, nil)
 			err := _this.verifier.VerifySync(tx, request, limboBlock.Witness, limboTx.StreamBytes, limboBlock.BlockTimestamp, limboBlock.L1InfoTreeMinTimestamps)
 			if err != nil {
 				idHash := hexutils.BytesToHex(limboTx.Hash[:])