diff --git a/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go b/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go
index 35d98d9be0a..a9e751f24e5 100644
--- a/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go
+++ b/zk/stages/stage_sequence_execute.go
@@ -158,7 +158,14 @@ func SpawnSequencingStage(
 
 	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Starting batch %d...", logPrefix, batchState.batchNumber))
 
+	// once the batch ticker has ticked we need a signal to close the batch after the next block is done
+	batchTimedOut := false
+
 	for blockNumber := executionAt + 1; runLoopBlocks; blockNumber++ {
+		if batchTimedOut {
+			log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Closing batch due to timeout", logPrefix))
+			break
+		}
 		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Starting block %d (forkid %v)...", logPrefix, blockNumber, batchState.forkId))
 		logTicker.Reset(10 * time.Second)
 		blockTicker.Reset(cfg.zk.SequencerBlockSealTime)
@@ -231,8 +238,8 @@ func SpawnSequencingStage(
 				}
 			case <-batchTicker.C:
 				if !batchState.isAnyRecovery() {
-					runLoopBlocks = false
-					break LOOP_TRANSACTIONS
+					log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Batch timeout reached", logPrefix))
+					batchTimedOut = true
 				}
 			default:
 				if batchState.isLimboRecovery() {