diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/canonical_head.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/canonical_head.rs
index 40e2f60b0e9..4f92f5ec8f9 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/canonical_head.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/canonical_head.rs
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> CachedHead<E> {
 pub struct CanonicalHead<T: BeaconChainTypes> {
     /// Provides an in-memory representation of the non-finalized block tree and is used to run the
     /// fork choice algorithm and determine the canonical head.
-    pub fork_choice: CanonicalHeadRwLock<BeaconForkChoice<T>>,
+    fork_choice: CanonicalHeadRwLock<BeaconForkChoice<T>>,
     /// Provides values cached from a previous execution of `self.fork_choice.get_head`.
     ///
     /// Although `self.fork_choice` might be slightly more advanced that this value, it is safe to
     /// consider that these values represent the "canonical head" of the beacon chain.
-    pub cached_head: CanonicalHeadRwLock<CachedHead<T::EthSpec>>,
+    cached_head: CanonicalHeadRwLock<CachedHead<T::EthSpec>>,
     /// A lock used to prevent concurrent runs of `BeaconChain::recompute_head`.
     ///
     /// This lock **should not be made public**, it should only be used inside this module.
@@ -383,11 +383,13 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> CanonicalHead<T> {
 
     /// Access a read-lock for fork choice.
     pub fn fork_choice_read_lock(&self) -> RwLockReadGuard<BeaconForkChoice<T>> {
+        let _timer = metrics::start_timer(&metrics::FORK_CHOICE_READ_LOCK_AQUIRE_TIMES);
         self.fork_choice.read()
     }
 
     /// Access a write-lock for fork choice.
     pub fn fork_choice_write_lock(&self) -> RwLockWriteGuard<BeaconForkChoice<T>> {
+        let _timer = metrics::start_timer(&metrics::FORK_CHOICE_WRITE_LOCK_AQUIRE_TIMES);
         self.fork_choice.write()
     }
 }
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/metrics.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/metrics.rs
index 9610001be15..82c98a2083b 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/metrics.rs
@@ -569,6 +569,20 @@ pub static FORK_CHOICE_AFTER_FINALIZATION_TIMES: LazyLock<Result<Histogram>> =
             exponential_buckets(1e-3, 2.0, 10),
         )
     });
+pub static FORK_CHOICE_READ_LOCK_AQUIRE_TIMES: LazyLock<Result<Histogram>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    try_create_histogram_with_buckets(
+        "beacon_fork_choice_read_lock_aquire_seconds",
+        "Time taken to aquire the fork-choice read lock",
+        exponential_buckets(1e-4, 4.0, 7),
+    )
+});
+pub static FORK_CHOICE_WRITE_LOCK_AQUIRE_TIMES: LazyLock<Result<Histogram>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    try_create_histogram_with_buckets(
+        "beacon_fork_choice_write_lock_aquire_seconds",
+        "Time taken to aquire the fork-choice write lock",
+        exponential_buckets(1e-3, 4.0, 7),
+    )
+});
 pub static FORK_CHOICE_SET_HEAD_LAG_TIMES: LazyLock<Result<Histogram>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     try_create_histogram(
         "beacon_fork_choice_set_head_lag_times",